Ethics and Diversity

Ethical reporting on diverse communities and building ethical structures within newsrooms.

October 29, 2024

Noon to 2 p.m.

October 29, 2024 | Noon to 2 p.m.

Covering Immigration: Reporting Across Language, Cultural Divides

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.

Confronting Falsehoods Carries Risks for the Press. So Does Ignoring Them.

Donald Trump's and J.D. Vance's recent comments about Haitian immigrants present a familiar challenge to journalists: how to report on misinformation without amplifying it.

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Guest Column: Is An On-The-Record Interview a Sign of Journalistic Virtue? I’m Not So Sure.

When I started in journalism in the mid-1980s I was given a diktat. Never share a quote in advance with an interview subject. I never did.