Ethics and Democracy
September 29, 2026
12:30 PM EST
When Sources Don’t Tell The Truth: How Journalists Can Ethically Cover Politics in an Age of Mistrust
Register here Join us for a timely 45-minute webinar featuring New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker exploring how journalists can report ethically and effectively on false statements by politicians or other sources. Baker will be interviewed live by Stephen J. Adler, the director of NYU’s Ethics and Journalism Initiative and former Reuters […]
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Received Hacked Info? Now What? Five Takeaways About How to Ethically Navigate Reporting of Hacked Materials
Source scrutiny, foreign intervention, audience transparency and more in our takeaways from our September event with Semafor's Ben Smith, Columbia Journalism Review's Sewell Chan, and Kathleen Carroll, former executive editor of the Associated Press.
Was It Unethical Not to Cover Biden’s Apparent Decline?
Story selection isn’t covered prominently in most newsroom ethics codes, but what we do or don’t choose to publish is a matter of journalistic ethics as much as anything else. With the publication of Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, we are re-posting Director Stephen J. Adler’s 2024 article on the ethical implications of the media’s failure to cover Biden’s decline when it first became apparent. Beyond criticizing the press, Adler provides useful guidelines for journalists going forward.
Panel Tackles Challenges Of Covering Elections Amid Disinformation
A group of seasoned politics journalists and a leading press critic kicked off the first of two panels to launch the Ethics & Journalism Initiative at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute on Nov. 29. Moderated by EJI director Stephen J. Adler, the panel discussed how to cover politics ethically and robustly in an age of polarization and disinformation. You'll find the EJI Takeaways from the panel and a link to a video in this post.