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NYU Announces Launch Of Peter F. Collier Award For Ethics in Journalism
The Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism, to be granted annually with prizes up to $15,000, will recognize student and local journalists, as well as reporters who have had national or international impact. The award will be administered by the Carter Journalism Institute’s Ethics & Journalism Initiative.
NYU Announces Launch Of Peter F. Collier Award For Ethics in Journalism
The Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism, to be granted annually with prizes up to $15,000, will recognize student and local journalists, as well as reporters who have had national or international impact. The award will be administered by the Carter Journalism Institute’s Ethics & Journalism Initiative.
Fall Event Lineup to Feature Sessions on Elections, Medical Ethics, Immigration
Guests to include CBS News medical correspondent Jon LaPook and Documented co-founder Mazin Sidahmed.
Fall Event Lineup to Feature Sessions on Elections, Medical Ethics, Immigration
Guests to include CBS News medical correspondent Jon LaPook and Documented co-founder Mazin Sidahmed.
Letter From Director Stephen J. Adler
Welcome to ethicsandjournalism.org, the website of NYU’s new Ethics & Journalism Initiative. Here you’ll find newsroom ethics codes, AI guidelines, a compendium of best practices, topical discussions, and the most useful ethics articles and papers that we can produce or collect. The goal is to help journalists, whether experienced or just starting out, to become […]
The Markup’s Syed Leads Workshop About BI Coverage and Ackman
Nabiha Syed, chief executive of The Markup and a media lawyer, led an Ethics & Journalism workshop for students in February through a case study focused on privacy, news judgment, and the role of corporate ownership in overseeing editorial decisions.
Guest Column: Being Transparent With Sources Is Key to Building Trust
Guest columnist Dan Levine, a Reuters investigative reporter, explains the importance of sharing with sources how the editorial process works to earn their trust, minimize their exposure and protect their safety.
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Events
Lunch & Learn: Journalism Ethics and Covering the Election
Event | September 10, 2024
We invite you to save the date for this special Ethics & Journalism Initiative event with leading political journalists and commentators as we explore the ethical considerations of election coverage, as well as what’s working and what’s not.
Ethics of Medical Reporting With Dr. Jon LaPook of CBS News
Event | September 24, 2024
Jon LaPook, M.D., chief medical correspondent for CBS News, will be the featured speaker at an Ethics & Journalism Initiative "Lunch & Learn" session on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Covering Immigration: Reporting Across Language, Cultural Divides
Event | October 29, 2024
Reporting on immigration involves complex ethical issues – about protecting the privacy and safety of one’s sources, reporting across language and cultural divides, addressing the power gulf between reporters and their subjects, and considering legal risks to immigrants and their families, among others. Join us Oct. 29 for a Lunch & Learn session led by Mazin Sidahmed, co-executive director at Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City.