Standards & Ethics for Education Reporters
This guide lays out the basic standards education journalists should strive to follow regardless of their particular specialties or areas of expertise.
This guide lays out the basic standards education journalists should strive to follow regardless of their particular specialties or areas of expertise.
It draws on the comprehensive work of Oregonian reporter Bill Graves, who wrote the Education Writers Association’s first set of standards 11 years ago. But it has been updated to reflect the transformation of the industry, including the rapid growth in online journalism and social media; it has also been revised to incorporate changes on the beat, such as the rise of charter schools and online education, as well as shifts in federal education policy. The recommendations presented here should be viewed as guidelines, not rules.
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