The Public Record’s Code of Ethics and Journalistic Practice – TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site
Ed Wiens
May 9, 2024
The Public Record is committed to providing Hamiltonians with accurate, thorough, fair journalism in all of our daily and investigative news coverage.
The Public Record owes an extra duty of care to the trust placed in us by the residents of Hamilton and the patrons who fund our work.
Our Code of Ethics is based in the Canadian Association of Journalists Ethics Guidelines, Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, the Online News Association, and other sources. Nearly all passages in our Code is sourced from these documents.
The Public Record practices a newer form of transparency community-based local journalism, many norms of traditional corporate journalism are not practiced by us. Our Code of Ethic reflects this in differing from the above cited Codes.
The Public Record strives to produce accurate in-depth coverage, if you have a complaint or are concerned about the accuracy of our reporting or a violation of our code of ethics; please contact us by email editor@thepublicrecord.ca.
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This page last updated on July 6, 2017.
July 6, 2017: Initial posting as a working draft. Updated after posting with social media links to provide options for responding to the draft.