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This summer, Margaret Sullivan, the executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School, and her colleague Julie Gerstein published a series of essays in CJR exploring what a new generation of journalism ethics might look like, as the media industry evolves.
“It is conventional wisdom among journalists that while the world around us changes, our ethics do not,” Sullivan wrote, in her introduction to the project. “Yet a fresh look at our standards and practices seems a worthwhile pursuit at this moment.”
Sullivan joins The Kicker to talk about what it means for journalism ethics to evolve with the times—and how she views critical questions …
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This summer, Margaret Sullivan, the executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School, and her colleague Julie Gerstein published a series of essays in CJR exploring what a new generation of journalism ethics might look like, as the media industry evolves.
“It is conventional wisdom among journalists that while the world around us changes, our ethics do not,” Sullivan wrote, in her introduction to the project. “Yet a fresh look at our standards and practices seems a worthwhile pursuit at this moment.”
Sullivan joins The Kicker to talk about what it means for journalism ethics to evolve with the times—and how she views critical questions around transparency, media bias, and whether the public editor role might make its return.
Read more:
- “A New Look at Journalism Ethics”—A special project from CJR
- “Is Objectivity Still Worth Pursuing?”
- “What Do Journalists Owe Their Sources—and Their Audiences?”
- “Can AI Tools Meet Journalistic Standards?”
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**Josh Hersh is a senior editor at CJR. He was previously a correspondent and senior producer at Vice News, and spent several years as a reporter based in the Middle East. **