Code of Conduct

We endeavor to ensure the information and reporting of our Contributors is accurate and respectful. As such we ask all Contributors to sign and agree to a Code of Conduct when submitting their work for publication. This has been adapted for use from the National Union of Journalists Code. All Contributors also sign a Transfer of Copyright or Copyright Permissions and Disclosure form. Please also see our Coverage Statement.

At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed.
Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed, accurate and fair.
Does the utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies.
Differentiates between fact and opinion.
Obtains material by honest, straightforward, and open means, except for investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means.
Does nothing to intrude into anybody’s private life, grief, or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.
Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered during the contributor’s work.
Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, distort or suppress information and takes no unfair personal advantage of information gained during the contributor’s duty before the information is public knowledge.
Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Does not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of the contributor’s own work or of the medium by which the contributor is employed.
A contributor shall seek the consent of an appropriate adult when interviewing or photographing a child for a story.
Avoids plagiarism.