Journalism and Communication

This site will keep updated on ethical issues in the news, as well as book reviews and interviews with leading figures in journalism.

Also available as a PDF

This international declaration is proclaimed as a standard of professional conduct for journalists engaged in gathering, transmitting, disseminating and commenting on news and information in describing events. From the International federation of Journalists.

An in-depth discussion of Privacy vs. right-to-know. From the Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership

Two-part documentary produced by the BBC about freedom of information laws, their evolution and limitations, and applications, in Europe, America, and around the world. Available for free download.

A collection of blogger-specific FAQs addressing everything from fair use to defamation law to workplace whistle-blowing.

The carries out its mission through five core initiatives: (1) its detailed Legal Guide on media and business law topics for non-lawyers; (2) its searchable Database of Legal Threats directed at online publishers; (3) its nationwide attorney referral service, the Online Media Legal Network; (4) its Research & Response initiative to address breaking issues and trends in digital media law; and (5) its regularly-updated Blog and Newsletter on current issues in media law, technology law and journalism

Provides a brief overview of and substantive resource directory on communication law

The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government.

Resources for reporters, editors and other media professionals. Links arranged by category with recently added topics on home page. Includes a newsletter.
Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists

The Media Law Resource Center is a non-profit professional association for content providers in all media, and for their defense lawyers, providing a wide range of resources on media and content law and policy issues.

For more than 40 years, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has provided free legal advice, resources, support and advocacy to protect the First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights of journalists working in areas where U.S. law applies, regardless of the medium in which their work appears.

The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics.