Ryan Howzell
Managing Editor, Program Manager-Researcher
Ryan Howzell is a researcher, writer, and audio journalist with a strong focus on free expression, equity, and First Amendment applications to press, labor, identity, and technology.
NYU Ethics and Journalism Initiative Announces Awardees, Marty Baron as Keynote Speaker for the 2025-2026 Peter F. Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism
Awardees named in student, local, and national/international categories, with first, second, and third prizes announced at Paley Center event on April 15, 2026
The Inaugural Collier Awards
The Washington Post, Mississippi Today, and University of Florida undergraduate Garrett Shanley took home the top prizes in the national/international, local, and student categories.
Apply for Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism!
Apply Today! DEADLINE EXTENSION: Submissions for the Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism are due by Monday, December, 22, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
Ethics and Diversity | Everyday Ethics
What Is Ethical Climate Journalism? HEATED’s Emily Atkin, Inside Climate News Founder David Sassoon, and New York Times Reporter Somini Sengupta Weigh In
A trio of seasoned climate reporters convened at New York University to discuss story selection, seeking comment from unsympathetic sources, and balancing coverage of individual and systemic issues.
Nieman Lab’s Andrew Deck Has Been Tracking AI Use in the Journalism Industry for Years. Here’s What He Says We Need to Know.
Since the public launch of ChatGPT nearly three years ago, the media industry has cycled through many phases of AI adoption and experimentation.
Announcing the Inaugural Awardees of the Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism
The Washington Post, Mississippi Today, and University of Florida senior Garrett Shanley took home the top prizes at the Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism held at the Paley Center for Media, April 10, 2025. The Baltimore Banner, Documented, The New Yorker, and NBC News were among the other awardees.
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.
Archival Producers Alliance: Best Practices for Use of Generative AI in Documentaries
For Stephanie Jenkins, establishing AI best practices for documentary film began as a game of catch-up, after she discovered last year that producers in the field had already begun to experiment with deploying generative AI to create false historical footage, images, and artifacts, with little or no disclosure or guardrails. Last month, she and other industry veterans released a new Best Practices guide for Use of Generative AI in Documentaries through the newly-formed Archival Producers Alliance (APA). In this edition of Decoded, Managing Editor Ryan Howzell sat down with Jenkins and fellow APA Co-Director Rachel Antell to discuss the APA's new guide and what multimedia journalists and producers stand to learn from it.
