In this section you’ll find hints, tips and advice for making ethical decisions as a reporter or editor.

There are also links to several online, self-study courses on how to handle contemporary situations in which journalists are likely to face ethical dilemmas, such as covering terrorism and traumatic events.

http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=31889&sid=32
Archive of tips for ethical reporting

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/ethics/
Basic guide to ethics from the Online Journalism Review

http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/gallery/Ethics/
A collection of real-world cases where ethical decisions must be made

http://www.justicejournalism.org/crimeguide/toc.html
Covering crime and justice

http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/ethics/victims/default.asp
Advice for ethically interviewing crime and accident victims and their families

http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/ethics/pressures/default.asp
Advice for dealing with competing pressures in the newsroom

http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/checklist.shtml
A four-point ethical checklist for reporting on international conflicts

http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/balance.shtml
Guide to balancing business pressures and journalism values

http://www.journalismtraining.org/
Search for journalism training seminars by date, topic and region (USA)

http://www.journalism.org/resources/tools/ethics/plagiarism/print.asp
Avoiding plagiarism

http://www.dartcenter.org/resources/selfstudy/1_journalism_trauma/ani.html
Online self-study course in journalism and trauma

http://www.dartcenter.org/resources/selfstudy/2_terrorism/ani.html
Online self-study course in covering terrorism

http://www.dartcenter.org/resources/selfstudy/4_first_24_hours/index.html
Online self-study course in what to expect during the first 24 hours after a traumatic news event