Digest

Digest | Week of June 23, 2025

A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. Here’s what you need to know now.

June 26, 2025 | Jennifer Orsi | Poynter

Poynter's updated templates include new guidelines for visual journalists and news products. Poynter first published its AI guidelines in March 2024.

The Washington Post Will Ask Some Sources to Annotate Its Stories

June 25, 2025 | Benjamin Mullen | The New York Times

The Washington Post announced that it will pilot From the Source, a new program that will allow named sources to directly comment on published articles, in an effort to keep conversation on the Post's website instead of external social media channels. Potential concerns include moderation and vetting processes and potential manipulation by powerful sources.

It’s Time for a New Look at Journalism Ethics

June 12, 2025 | Margaret Sullivan | Columbia Journalism Review

Read the first in Margaret Sullivan's new series for Columbia Journalism Review "taking a fresh look at how traditional journalistic values apply in the current moment." In this introductory piece, Sullivan, Director of Columbia’s Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, revisits how journalists should report repeated lies from elected officials.

‘How many people were arrested?’ is a lousy way to cover protests

June 12, 2025 | Dan Froomkin | Press Watch

Much of the reporting on this month's "No Kings" protests highlighted police clashes and number of arrests. But who were the protesters? What were the issues that actually brought demonstrators out to march? And what do journalists mean when they use vague phrases like "violence erupts"? For Press Watch, Dan Froomkin argues for more holistic - and less formulaic - protest coverage.

News Media Tracker: How Americans Use and Trust News Sources

June 10, 2025 | Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center's new tool tracks Americans' trust in 30 major news sources along party lines.