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For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot

Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists's Code of Ethics. It's less than a thousand words, fitting neatly on a poster.

For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot
Image: Phys.org
Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists's Code of Ethics. It's less than a thousand words, fitting neatly on a poster.

Originally published at Phys.org

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