Journalism ethics are administered almost exclusively by managers who may or may not follow the same rules they impose on newsrooms, says Edward Wasserman, a Knight professor of journalism at Washington and Lee University.
“Journalism’s central claim is to serve the public by seeking and telling the truth — a powerful ethical claim. The credibility of that claim is key to professional survival — and that’s too important a matter to be left to newsroom managers,” Wasserman says.
Read his column here.