Everyday Ethics Resources
Browse our collection of resources applicable to everyday ethics concerns.
Everyday Ethics
Journalistic ethical standards that form the profession’s foundation.
Ethically Navigating Editorial Relationships with Newsroom Donors
What should reporters and editors do when a philanthropic funder starts applying pressure on them to cover, or not to cover, a particular story in which the funder has an interest? Or when the funder complains to the publisher or editor about the direction of a story in progress?
Should Current Events Affect America’s Most Influential Journalism Ethics Code?
Seven of the journalists working on potential revisions to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics talked publicly about the process in late April. Some of their concerns may surprise you.
Updating an Unenforceable Ethics Code in a Skeptical Age
Why maintain a nationwide journalism code of ethics, as the Society of Professional Journalists does, when it is unenforceable and when most major news organizations have crafted excellent codes of their own? Why go to great lengths to assemble a high-powered group of editors and journalism teachers to update this unenforceable code – especially at […]
2025: A Remarkable Year
Through a new training program, the inaugural Collier Awards, a series of NYU discussion panels and dozens of stories about ethical journalism, EJI made its mark in 2025.
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.
The Minnesota Star Tribune Opts for Radical Transparency on Major Scoop
The newspaper’s investigative team showed its work in a lengthy editor’s note accompanying an investigative story on the Trump administration’s planning for Portland military operations.
Remaking the Code
How do you design an ethics code broad enough to apply to more than 30 newsrooms around the country but detailed enough to offer real value and guidance? We sat down with Amalie Nash, former head of transformation at The National Trust for Local News, to discuss how the Trust engaged newsroom leadership to create a timely and collaborative code.
How to Write Fairer, More Accurate Headlines
New guidance from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics lays out three principles for ethical headline writing and offers guidance for newsrooms that want to achieve them.
Why Documented’s Website Features Legal and Financial Resources for Migrants
The nonprofit’s co-founder says its resources page is service journalism for the communities Documented covers.
Everyday Ethics | The Collier Award
Transparency, Accountability, Vulnerable Sources: Guidance From The 2025 Collier Awardees
Reporting on Amazon, hostile state governments, and universities; working with survivors of trauma; and explaining their decision-making to audiences and more at the first annual Collier Awards Symposium for Ethics in Journalism held April 11, 2025.
