The Times does not have written guidelines for reporters on false balance.
If the school newspaper does not have a written set of ethical and procedural guidelines for its reporters, students might draft one, perhaps drawing on The Times's guidelines.
The AP reports: Justice Department official says the U.S. law enforcement agency is toughening up its guidelines for subpoenaing reporters' phone records by increasing the likelihood that news organizations will receive advance notice so that they can challenge the government's planned action.
Philip B. Corbett, standards editor: The guidelines on links for reporters and editors suggest that for commercial products, it's best when possible to link either to the company (or publisher's) site, or to a comparison-shopping site where a reader has options.
More broadly, the update urges AP journalists to consider a key question about any poll: "Are its results likely to accurately reflect the opinion of the group being surveyed?" While the guidelines are written for reporters, they include some useful signposts for anyone to keep in mind when reading about horserace polling ― or public opinion surveys in general.
Federal guidelines for media subpoenas and reporter protections were last amended in 2015, when a coalition of news media organizations led by the Reporters Committee met with former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Philip B. Corbett, the associate managing editor for standards, said that he expects to have "guidelines and best practices" for reporters very soon, perhaps within a week or two.
The AP Stylebook has guidelines for referring to trans persons, but the reporters for the Plain Dealer clearly didn't bother to read it.
I have developed guidelines for interviewing and quoting students, and I agree that reporters must remind them that their words will show up in the newspaper and on the Web site.
Working with Begg, Joyce Wadler, a reporter in House & Home, has drafted guidelines for vetting "little-known subjects who are receiving attention for the first time".
