Ethics and Diversity

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

Creators of ‘Empire City’ podcast discuss NYPD past and present, what media gets wrong about police

Ryan Howzell, project manager of NYU’s Ethics and Journalism Initiative, moderated the panel. The conversation ranged from technical discussions about the creators’ archival research process to the media’s central role in shaping public understanding of the police.

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.