Does It Still Make Sense to Be a Journalist?
An antidote to perpetual despondency.
Collier Award Issue Spotlight: How to Minimize Harm to Sources without Minimizing Impact
Many journalists have turned to anonymity as a default method for minimizing harm to story subjects. But how do we balance our obligation to sources with our ethical imperative to tell the full story?
Guest Column: A Retro Proposal to Restore The Public’s Trust in Media
In 1976, the first year of that annual Gallup poll showing this year’s dreadful erosion in media trust, pollsters found that 72% of those polled had “a great deal/fair amount” of trust in the press. This year a mere 31% felt that way. As erosion in public trust of media becomes an avalanche, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ken Wells suggests a return to the agnostic newsroom.
Ethics and Democracy | Ethics and Diversity
Covering Immigration Ethically Under Trump
Top immigration journalists from The New Yorker, ProPublica, Documented, and The CITY discuss how a second Trump presidency will inform their reporting.
DECODED
Breaking down the ethics codes and guidelines shaping newsrooms across the industry.
The AI Chatbot Debating Ethics with NYU Journalism Students
Journalist Adam Penenberg is looking for ways to bring ethics codes to life — or at least, artificial life.
Ethics and Democracy | Ethics and Diversity
Covering Immigration Ethically Under Trump
Top immigration journalists from The New Yorker, ProPublica, Documented, and The CITY discuss how a second Trump presidency will inform their reporting.
Collier Award Issue Spotlight: How to Minimize Harm to Sources without Minimizing Impact
Many journalists have turned to anonymity as a default method for minimizing harm to story subjects. But how do we balance our obligation to sources with our ethical imperative to tell the full story?
Guest Column: A Retro Proposal to Restore The Public’s Trust in Media
In 1976, the first year of that annual Gallup poll showing this year’s dreadful erosion in media trust, pollsters found that 72% of those polled had “a great deal/fair amount” of trust in the press. This year a mere 31% felt that way. As erosion in public trust of media becomes an avalanche, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ken Wells suggests a return to the agnostic newsroom.
DECODED
Breaking down the ethics codes and guidelines shaping newsrooms across the industry.
The AI Chatbot Debating Ethics with NYU Journalism Students
Journalist Adam Penenberg is looking for ways to bring ethics codes to life — or at least, artificial life.
THE ETHICS DIGEST
Pointing you toward the latest news stories and initiatives that place ethics at the forefront.
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Everyday Ethics
Journalistic ethical standards that form the profession’s foundation.
Ethics and Technology
Ethical implications and challenges that arise from evolving technology.
Ethics and Diversity
Ethical reporting on diverse communities and building ethical structures within newsrooms.
Ethics and Democracy
Ethics, journalism and the democratic process in an increasingly polarized world.
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Ethics and Diversity | Everyday Ethics
Do No Harm: Covering gun violence with ‘radical empathy’
“The model should be going into stories with compassion, heart, and humility.” A new coalition is building stronger bridges between journalists and communities affected by shootings.
How Newsrooms Should Cover Themselves
Looking beyond a mess at the Washington Post to more general rules
Collier Award Issue Spotlight: How to Minimize Harm to Sources without Minimizing Impact
Many journalists have turned to anonymity as a default method for minimizing harm to story subjects. But how do we balance our obligation to sources with our ethical imperative to tell the full story?
The AI Chatbot Debating Ethics with NYU Journalism Students
Journalist Adam Penenberg is looking for ways to bring ethics codes to life — or at least, artificial life.
Ethics and Democracy | Ethics and Diversity
Covering Immigration Ethically Under Trump
Top immigration journalists from The New Yorker, ProPublica, Documented, and The CITY discuss how a second Trump presidency will inform their reporting.
Guest Column: A Retro Proposal to Restore The Public’s Trust in Media
In 1976, the first year of that annual Gallup poll showing this year’s dreadful erosion in media trust, pollsters found that 72% of those polled had “a great deal/fair amount” of trust in the press. This year a mere 31% felt that way. As erosion in public trust of media becomes an avalanche, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ken Wells suggests a return to the agnostic newsroom.
Creators of ‘Empire City’ podcast discuss NYPD past and present, what media gets wrong about police
Ryan Howzell, project manager of NYU’s Ethics and Journalism Initiative, moderated the panel. The conversation ranged from technical discussions about the creators’ archival research process to the media’s central role in shaping public understanding of the police.
Event Takeaways: CBS News’s Dr. Jon LaPook on Ethics in Science, Health, and Medical Reporting
"Disinfecting" misinformation, offering context, navigating conflicts of interest, and more in our takeaways from our Ethics in Medical Reporting event with CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook.