To help our members and other nonprofit newsrooms demonstrate and adhere to high ethics standards, INN has gathered these sample policies and considerations.

Newsrooms in the INN network uphold membership standards that represent a promise of editorial excellence, ethical behavior and transparency about their funding and practices, a promise to the communities they serve. To help our members and other nonprofit newsrooms demonstrate and adhere to these standards, INN has gathered these sample policies and considerations.

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SAMPLE POLICIES & LANGUAGE

• Editorial Independence Policy
• Donor Transparency Policy
• Editorial Collaboration Policy
• Content Usage Policy
• Put Your Name Behind the News (letter template)
• Reveal’s Ethics Guide
• ProPublica’s Code of Ethics
• Key Biscayne Independent’s Corrections Policy
• The Red & Black’s Corrections Policy with a list of recent corrections
• The Texas Tribune’s Corrections Policy with full recent corrections