May 16, 2008
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Power Reporting: Journalism shoptalk: Ethics

Citizens' Bill of Journalism Rights
From the Committee of Concerned Journalists, this list offers principles of "what journalists must offer and what citizens should expect."

Committee of Concerned Journalists
"The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession." A program of the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Journalism codes of ethics studied by Poynter
From the Poynter Institute, a sampler of what's included, and excluded, from codes of ethics for journalists.

Journalism Ethics Cases Online
Dozens of case studies for journalists and students, from the School of Journalism at Indiana University. "The initial core of this database comes from a series of cases developed by Barry Bingham, Jr., and published in his newsletter, FineLine."

Minnesota News Council
Resources on journalism ethics, and citizen complaints heard by the Minnesota News Council.

Newspaper codes of ethics
Codes compiled by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Poynter ethics links
A media ethics bibliography from the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Project for Excellence in Journalism
"An initiative by journalists concerned about the standards of the news media." The director is Tom Rosenstiel. Its projects include the Committee of Concerned Journalists and NewsLab. Affiliated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. PEJ also works with the Nieman Foundation at Harvard.

Reporting on Suicide
Recommendations from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for reporting on suicide.

Society of Professional Journalists
The largest journalism organization, providing seminars, resources and legal help on FOI and ethics. Its magazine, Quill, is published nine times a year. Also has a mailing list, open to journalists and others.


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