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Ethics and Journalistic Standards

American Business Media’s Editorial Code of Ethics (33K PDF)

American Medical Writers Association Code of Ethics

Association of Health Care Journalists Statement of Principles

American Society of Magazine Editors
Guidelines for Editors and Publishers
Best Practices for Digital Media

American Society of Newspaper Editors Codes of Ethics Page
Links to the ASNE code and codes from various associations and news organizations.

American Society of Newspaper Editors/Poynter Ethics Tool
The Ethics Tool is designed to help journalists develop solutions to ethics problems. It poses a series of questions about your ethics case, then compiles your responses in a document you can print. The tool also lets you invite others to work on the problem with you and upload relevant documents. Only you and the people you invite are able to view the case; secure socket encryption protects your case.

Associated Press Managing Editors Statement of Ethical Principles

Associated Press Statement of News Values and Principles

Computerworld’s Code of Ethics

Dow Jones Code of Conduct

E.W. Scripps Company Statement of Policy on Ethics and Professional Conduct

Gannett Co. Ethics Policy

Hearst Newspapers Statement of Professional Principles

Knight Ridder Code of Business Ethics

Los Angeles Times Code of Ethics

National Association of Science Writers Code of Ethics

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics

The New York Times
Guidelines on Ethics (1.3MB PDF)
Integrity Statement
Policy on Confidential Sources

Online Ethics 2000
Study by David Arant of the University of Memphis and Janna Quitney Anderson of Elon College in North Carolina.

Online News Association’s Mission Statement
The full code of ethics is available only to members, but this mission statement summarizes the organization’s major principles.

Project for Excellence in Journalism
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has merged with the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Both are now under the Web site Journalism.org.

Radio-Television News Directors Association Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Radio-Television News Directors Association Case Studies
Case studies of nine local news Web sites include information relevant to ethics, including sections on Editorial Control and Challenges and Journalism and Editorial Values.

Examining Our Credibility:
Perspectives of the Public and the Press

Summarizes the findings from the Journalism Credibility Project, launched in 1997 and funded by the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation and eight daily newspapers. A project of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

International Association of Business Communicators Code of Ethics for Professional

Marketwatch Inc. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (230K PDF)

Pennsylvania State University Media Effects Research Laboratory
A variety of New Media studies

Society for News Design

Society of American Business Editors and Writers Code of Ethics

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

The Washington Post Standards and Ethics


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