Richard Wald collection of newsroom ethics policies and handbooks, 1963-2014

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Series I: Newsroom ethics policies and handbooks


Most have not been published or heretofore available to the public.



Box 1 Folder 1 Report of the Independent Review Panel Dick Thornburgh and Louis D. Boccardi on the September 8, 2004 60 Minutes Wednesday Segment "For the Record" Concerning President Bush's Texas Air National Guard Service, 5, January 2005


Box 1 Folder 2 Food Lion. "A Case Study in Journalism Ethics" compiled by Professor Jean Folkerts, 15, July 1998


Box 1 Folder 3 Food Lion. "A Case Study in Journalism Ethics" compiled by Professor Jean Folkerts, 15, July 1998


Box 1 Folder 4 ABC News Policy Book, 1981


Box 1 Folder 5 NBC News. "A Guide to Radio and Television News Writing and Operations", 1970


Box 1 Folder 6 ABC Standards and Policies, 1980


Box 1 Folder 7 ABC News Policy Book, 1994


Box 1 ABC News Policy, 2014


Box 1 ABC News Policy, 1994


Box 1 National Association of Broadcasters The Television Code, 1980


Box 1 National Association of Broadcasters The Radio Code, 1980


Box 1 Creating Images: American and Japanese Television News Coverage of the Other, 5&6 March1994. Conference report


Box 1 Sexuality, Television and Broadcast Standards by Melvin S. Heller, M.D. (ABC Broadcast Standards and Practices)


Box 1 Columbia University. Graduate School of Journalism. Class of 2007 (2 copies), 2007


Box 1 Columbia University. Graduate School of Journalism. Pamphlet


Box 1 The Fairness Doctrine 1950-1990 How the U.S. Government Officially Revised and Reduced Television News Coverage by Corydon B. Dunham


Box 1 NBC News Division. "Policies and Procedures", November 1963


Box 1 New York Times. Ethical Journalism: Code of Ethics for the News and Editorial Departments, January 2003


Box 1 New York Times. Ethical Journalism: Code of Ethics for the News and Editorial Departments, January 2004


Box 1 Best Practices The Art of Leadership in News Organizations. Insights from the careers of 20 news executives by Shelby Coffee III For the Freedom Forum


Box 1 Best Practices The Art of Leadership in News Organizations. Insights from the careers of 20 news executives by Robert J. Haiman For the Freedom Forum


Box 1 Best Practices The Art of Leadership in News Organizations. Insights from the careers of 20 news executives by Av Westin For the Freedom Forum


Box 1 Columbia University. Bulletin of Information. School of Journalism Announcement 1912-1913 18 May 1912, 1912-1913, May 1912


Box 1 The Walt Disney Company. Standards of Business Conduct, 1994


Box 1 The Arizona Republic Ethical Guidelines for Journalists


Box 1 CBS News Standards (small 3 ringed binder)


Box 1 Broadcasting Standards Council. Annual Report and Code of Practice 1988-89