Ethics & Trust

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More Than A Number originated in the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship and is now a community initiative at 13WMAZ, a television station in Macon, Georgia. The project's creator, Justin Baxley, created More Than a Number during the fellowship and continued working on it at WMAZ, where he is a digital content manager. It was inspired by what he went through after his father was murdered five years ago. (Courtesy: 13WMAZ)

A journalist’s very personal project helps guide family members who’ve lost loved ones to violence

A still from an episode of "Gaston Unsolved," a video documentary series on cold cases throughout Gaston County. This still is from an episode featuring the story of Jennifer Rivkin, a woman who was reporting missing in 2008. (Courtesy: Gaston County)

How a former TV reporter brings his journalism skills to a government-run true crime series

An override stamp is seen on legislation limiting LGBTQ+ classroom instruction in the early grades, after North Carolina state lawmakers override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. The Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of the legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and gender-affirming medical treatments. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

The Trans Journalists Association is expanding to meet the moment

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Letter to the editor: What Poynter’s critique misses about the Media Bias Chart

Illustration by Carlos Carmonamedina

How to interview vulnerable sources without exploiting them

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When fairness is no longer a doctrine, it must be a practice