Resources A-Z

Best Practices: “Bad News Bias”

Best Practices: Anonymous Sources

Best Practices: Corrections

Best Practices: Dealing ethically with sources who are represented by lawyers and other advocates

Best Practices: Financial Investments and Potential Conflicts

Best Practices: Mug Shots and Perp Walks

Best Practices: The No-Surprises Rule, a Fair and Full Opportunity to Respond

Best Practices: When Are Public Figures Entitled to Privacy?

Ethical journalists have embraced the principle of minimizing harm to vulnerable sources. Do those rules apply when a public figure is involved?

Best Practices: When Is It Okay to Provide a Helping Hand to a Source in Need?

Best Practices: Working with Corporate and Government Spokespeople

Business Insider Code of Ethics

Buzzfeed Code of Conduct

CBS Ethics Policy

Center for Journalism Ethics: ‘Why Should I Tell You?’ A Guide to Less-Extractive Reporting

Chalkbeat Code of Ethics

Colorado Community Media: Newsroom Policies and Ethical Guidelines

Columbia Journalism Review: The Ethics of Predictive Journalism

Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter Institute: Strategies for Good Journalism When Sources Dismiss the Press

CT Mirror: AI Guidelines

DART Center for Journalism and Trauma: Interviewing

Dart Center: How Can Indigenous Reporters Care for Themselves While Covering Trauma — and How Can Their Newsrooms Help?

Deep South Today Policy on Editorial Independence

Documented: Code of Ethics and Editorial Independence

Dow Jones Code of Conduct

Ethical Journalism Network Core Principles of Ethical Journalism

Ethical Journalism Network: Muslims in the Media – Towards More Tolerance and Diversity

Forbes Editorial Values and Standards

FOX Standards of Business Conduct

Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists – IFJ

Institute for Nonprofit News Membership Standards