ASNE Ethics Codes Collection
http://www.asne.org/ideas/codes/codes.htm
APME National Credibility Roundtables Project
http://www.apme-credibility.org
Can You Improve Your Code of Ethics?
http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/99.feb/steele1.htm
By Bob Steele and Jay Black.
The American Editor, February 1999.
http://rpp.missouri.edu
The Center is located at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
EthicNet
http://www.uta.fi/ethicnet/
EthicNet is a collection of European codes of journalism ethics.
Ethics Connection
http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Centers/Ethics/
The website for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism
http://www.cpb.org/radio/ethicsguide/
Ethics in Journalism
http://www.spj.org/ethics.asp
The ethics section of the Society of Professional Journalists website.
Ethics in Public Broadcasting
http://www.current.org/ethics/
From the Current Online website.
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
http://www.fair.org/
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting is a national media watch group.
First Amendment Center
http://www.fac.org/
http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/viewpage.cgi
The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press posted this handbook on their website.
Guide to Preferred Editorial Practices
(American Society of Business Publication Editors)
http://www.asbpe.org/about/code.htm
Institute for Global Ethics
http://www.globalethics.org/
Journal of Mass Media Ethics
http://www.jmme.org/
The journal's Web site includes article abstracts and information about the publication.
Journalism Ethics Cases Online
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/Ethics/
These ethics cases come from the
Indiana University School of Journalism.
Journalism Ethics for the Global Citizen
http://www.journalismethics.ca/
"Local Readers and the Newsroom:
The Online Credibility Gap." (APME Report, 2008)
http://www.apme.com/credibility/online/
Los Angeles Times Ethics Guidelines
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=91088
Posted on Poynter Online, October 25, 2005
Media Ethics Division: AEJMC
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~tbivins/aejmc_ethics/home.html
The Media Ethics Division of AEJMC includes more than 300 scholars researching and teaching in the fields of mass communication ethics.
Media Watch
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/
The online site for "Media Watch"
from the PBS NewsHour television program.
Minnesota News Council
http://www.news-council.org/
The News Council provides a mechanism for the public to hold news outlets accountable.
NPPA Code of Ethics
http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/
business_practices/ethics.html
News University (Poynter/Knight Foundation)
http://www.newsu.org/
Training for Journalists. Anytime. Anywhere.
News University: Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making
Instructor: Bob Steele, 2006.
ONO: Organization of News Ombudsmen
http://www.newsombudsmen.org/
Post Register Newsroom Ethics
http://www.postregister.com/ethics/
Poynter Conference (August 2006)
Online Journalism Ethics: Guidelines from the Conference
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=117350&sid=26
Poynter Resources about Anonymous Sources
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=64013
Poynter's Ethics Guidelines for Poynter Publishing
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=58937
Poynter Online's Ethics Journal
http://poynteronline.org/column.asp?id=53
Poynter Online's Ethics Resources
http://poynteronline.org/subject.asp?id=32
Poynter Online's Ethics Tip Sheets
http://poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=31889
Poynter Online's Everyday Ethics
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=67
Poynter Online's First Amendment/FOI Bibliography
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77627
Poynter Online's Guide to Accuracy
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=36518
Poynter Online's Talk about Ethics
http://poynteronline.org/column.asp?id=36
RTNDA Code of Ethics
http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/coe.shtml
The ethics code for the
Radio-Television News Directors Association.
RTNDF Ethics Guidelines
http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/ethicsguidelines.shtml
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation's Journalism Ethics program compiled this web page.
RTNDF Ethics Project
http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/fepcg.shtml
Regret the Error
http://www.regrettheerror.com/
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
http://www.silha.umn.edu/
The Center was established in 1984 within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.
USA Today Report on the investigation
of former USA Today reporter Jack Kelley (April 2004)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/index-main.htm
Washington News Council
http://www.wanewscouncil.org/
"An independent, nonprofit, statewide organization whose members share a common belief that fair, accurate and balanced news media are vital to our democracy."
The Washington Post's Policies on Sources,
Quotations, Attribution, and Datelines
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=61244
Posted on Poynter Online, February 2004.
Web Resources for Studying Journalism Ethics
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tbrislin/ethics/index.html
Compiled by Tom Brislin, Department of Journalism, University of Hawaii.
http://www.presswise.org.uk/display_page.php?id=40
This list was compiled by PressWise.
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Berry, David, ed. Ethics and Media Culture.
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Bertrand, Claude-Jean. An Arsenal for Democracy:
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[Originally publ. in French (Economica, 1999), translated in Brazil (2002), Japan (2002)]
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Lee, M. and N. Solomon. Unreliable Sources:
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Lester, Paul Martin. Images That Injure:
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Limburg, Val E. Electronic Media Ethics.
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MacDonald, Barrie and Michel Petheram.
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Matelski, Marilyn J. TV News Ethics.
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Merrill, John C. Journalism Ethics:
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Patterson, Philip and Lee Wilkins, 4th ed.
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Pritchard, David, ed. Holding the Media Accountable:
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Richards, Ian. Quagmires and Quandaries:
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Rosenstiel, Thomas and Amy Mitchell.
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Russell, Nick. Morals and the Media: Ethics in Canadian Journalism.
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Sanders, Karen. Ethics & Journalism.
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Seib, Philip. Campaigns and Conscience:
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