journalistic standards
News integrity guidelines
Journalistic standards are the ethical and professional principles that guide news reporting—accuracy, fairness, independence, and accountability.
News organizations codify these in style guides and codes of ethics: verify facts, seek multiple sources, correct errors, distinguish news from opinion.
The story was pulled for failing to meet basic journalistic standards.
Critics invoke the phrase when media falls short: Whatever happened to journalistic standards?
- freedom of the pressConstitutional journalism protection
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- editorial policiesStandards governing published content
editorial independence · defamation law · truthfulness · investigative reporting · accountability · media accountability · whistleblower protections · integrity · source verification · anonymous sources · off the record · fairness · impartiality · independence · privacy rights · transparency · breaking news · news cycle
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- media literacymedia literacy, media bias, fact checking, news literacy, critical thinking
- media trialstrial by media, media circus, trial coverage, media frenzy, court reporting
journalistic standardspropaganda
Biased information for influence
disinformation · misinformation · yellow journalism · tabloid journalism · fake news
journalistic standardsamateurism
Nonexpert or unpaid status
citizen journalism · hearsay · gossip · clickbait · hot takes
journalistic standardsadvocacy journalism
News promoting specific causes
state media · public relations · native advertising · opinion · propaganda
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