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Chalkbeat Code of Ethics – Interviewing Kids, Teacher Fear in the Time of Book Bans
With schools back in session, it’s a great time to take a look at Chalkbeat’s Code of Ethics and see what the education-focused nonprofit newsroom can teach journalists – in and out of schools – about working with minors and about accountability.
Ethics and Democracy | Everyday Ethics
Received Hacked Info? Now What? Five Takeaways About How to Ethically Navigate Reporting of Hacked Materials
In the summer of 2024, reporters from several publications received emails offering access to internal Trump presidential campaign documents, including a dossier that was prepared to identify potential vulnerabilities of J.D. Vance before he was selected as Trump’s running mate. What’s a journalist to do? Under what circumstances, if any, is it ethical for journalists to publish information from hacked files, especially during an election race, and to what extent are the hackers’ motivations relevant to the question?
Ethics and Diversity | Everyday Ethics
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.
How AI Journalists are Protecting Real Reporters in Venezuela
In the United States, newsrooms’ adoption of generative AI has fueled concerns that real-life journalists may be pushed to the background.
Ethics and Diversity | Everyday Ethics
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.
How I’m Trying to Use Generative AI as a Journalism Engineer — Ethically
This article was originally published on The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates how powerful institutions are using technology to change our society. Read the original article on their website. By: Tomas Apodaca Hello, readers! I’m Tomas Apodaca, a journalism engineer at The Markup and CalMatters. It’s my job to write software and analyze data […]
On Hacked Documents, Journalism and the Motives of Sources
Highlighting a weakness in much of day-to-day coverage.
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. Days after the Democratic National Convention, Ethics & Journalism Initiative Director Steve Adler describes the press’s reluctance to cover President Biden’s apparent decline before the June 27 debate as a significant ethical failure.
DC Says Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis. Will newsrooms cover it like one? Ask Dr. Jon LaPook.
While this health-centric framing may have been new for Washington, it’s an approach some medical journalists like CBS News’s Chief Medical Correspondent Jon LaPook have embraced for years.
NYU Announces Launch Of Peter F. Collier Award For Ethics in Journalism
The Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism, to be granted annually with prizes up to $15,000, will recognize student and local journalists, as well as reporters who have had national or international impact. The award will be administered by the Carter Journalism Institute’s Ethics & Journalism Initiative.