editorial freedom
Journalistic independence rights
Editorial freedom is the independence of editors, journalists, or publishers to make content decisions without interference from owners, advertisers, governments, or other outside pressures.
It encompasses choices about what to cover, how to cover it, and what opinions to express: The newspaper's editorial freedom was compromised when the owner killed stories critical of his business partners.
Editorial freedom is considered essential to credible journalism and often exists in tension with commercial and political interests.
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- pressApply force downward
- investigative journalismIn-depth reporting exposing wrongdoing
- citizen journalismNon-professionals reporting news
- whistleblower protectionsLaws shielding those reporting misconduct
kill the story · integrity · accountability · fairness · truthfulness · opinion pieces · op-ed page · satire · documentary filmmaking · credibility · objectivity · red pen · ethics · impartiality · news reporting · defamation · bias · academic publishing
- pressnewspaper, press laws, newsroom, press cards, newsprint
- free speechprotected speech, speech rights, speech protection, ACLU, campus speech
- press freedompress rights, media independence, confidential sources, anonymous sources, prior restraint
editorial freedomcensorship
Official content restriction
state censorship · government censorship · press censorship · media censorship · editorial control
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