Bob Steele is Nelson Poynter’s Scholar for Journalism Values writes this:
“Because they involve deception, hidden cameras should be our last choice for reporting a story. It is appropriate to consider their use on stories where we have ruled out all other alternatives for obtaining the same information. We must exhaust traditional reporting methods of interviewing, observing and researching documents and databases.”
Several newsrooms went beyond their traditional approaches to explain amendments, which are often obscure or confusing
Meanwhile, workers at The Baltimore Sun are pulling their bylines for election week
A respected pollster put Harris way ahead in red Iowa, with huge implications for the election. Is it accurate? Or merely an off-target outlier?
In today’s episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ PolitiFact editor-in-chief Katie Sanders predicts a long road ahead for election fact-checking
The Post’s Next Generation initiative has been disbanded, but its work might be having more impact than ever in the final days of the election
