WBUR's Guiding Ethical Principles outline the core values and standards that drive our journalism. These principles emphasize accuracy, fairness, inclusion, rigor, transparency and independence.
BUR journalists are professionals who bring knowledge, skills and commitment to serve the public and the public interest. Our journalism is built on a foundation of accuracy, fairness and inclusion. Our decision-making is guided by rigor, transparency and independence. Our journalists are honest and respectful. We are accountable for our actions and our reporting. These guiding ethical principles are aspirational. They do not provide answers to every journalistic and ethical issue we encounter.
They do provide us with a moral compass. They spotlight our duty. They encourage us to ask hard questions of ourselves, to discuss and debate with colleagues, and to reach carefully reasoned decisions. They challenge us to strive for excellence in our work.This is a living document and shall be revisited periodically and revised as needed. These principles are supported by a series of guidelines that offer more specific information to help us make sound decisions. We will strive to be transparent and explain ethical decisions as they apply to these guidelines so others can learn from those experiences. Those lessons are important for all WBUR journalists and may also at times be valuable for our audience or other stakeholders.is a primary source for WBUR’s editorial guidelines and the documents share language and guidelines. Other sources include news ethics guidelines from other public media and professional journalism organizations.Anyone who produces journalism for WBUR or on behalf of WBUR is covered by WBUR’s Guiding Ethical Principles. This includes WBUR employees as well as freelancers and contributors for the period that they are on assignment or otherwise producing editorial work for WBUR. Commentators, analysts, critics and opinion writers who provide original editorial content for WBUR are expected to adhere to WBUR’s guiding principles regarding honesty, respect, accuracy, fairness, independence and interdependence in the work that they produc
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