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Zakaria plagiarized in TV show, critics say Good morning. The trustees also discuss publishing-related issues and controversies as they arise. We can think of no examples of specific policies or practices imposed or even proposed by the trustees. Q: How do you guard against the St. Petersburg Times receiving special treatment on Romenesko or elsewhere on Poynter Online? When unfavorable reports are published about the Times — or any of its related operations, including Poynter — we encourage Romenesko to approach such reports as independently as possible.

Q: What about the fees Poynter collects from news organizations? A: As you can see from the numbers above, tuition fees represent about five percent of Poynter revenues, smaller still when viewed in the context of a particular news organization. At least one newspaper executive in recent years has declared her intention to block Poynter training for her staff because of her objections to the publication of material on Romenesko. More than financial, the rub we feel in such circumstances is the tension between competing views of how we can be most helpful to newsrooms.

But the resolution of the conflict does not necessarily include a change in our publishing practices. How much influence does that buy the foundation when it comes to Poynter publishing? When it comes to specifics of publishing, Poynter has collaborated with Knight in the publication of the report of its survey of newsroom training needs and assessments.

From time to time, Knight Foundation staffers suggest links for Romenesko and ideas for other areas of Poynter Online. Romenesko gets lots of link tips every day, and declines and pursues tips from Poynter, Knight, and other sources as he sees fit.

Q: Does Poynter solicit or accept the free use of equipment and software as part of special deals with manufacturers? A: Yes. Camera manufacturers provide participants and faculty in our Visual Edge and other Visual Journalism programs with free use of their equipment during the course of the seminar.

This represents a significant benefit for Poynter, since it enables us to supplement equipment that we own with the borrowed equipment from manufacturers. Poynter makes no endorsement of any equipment, but the loaner program does provide manufacturers with the opportunity to expose their products to journalists who may be able to influence their purchase in their newsrooms. Q: What about potential conflicts of interest involving individual members of the Poynter faculty or staff?

Our objective is, first, to avoid such conflicts and, when they do exist, to disclose them and act appropriately as a result. We do our best to strike an appropriate balance between accountability to consumers of our publishing and respect for the privacy of our colleagues. Q : Apart from the organization-to-organization influence that some news operations might seek to wield, what about the personal work for hire that Poynter faculty do for news organizations?

A: Every year, Poynter faculty members are allowed 20 days each to perform consulting work for news organizations. Sometimes, the faculty member conducts a workshop for the news organization in his or her area of specialization, e. Other times, consulting can involve strategic advice. Poynter personnel doing such work are paid their regular Poynter salary for the consulting days.

Some news organizations say they like the arrangement because it enables them to provide training for many more staff members, at their own location, than they are able to send to Poynter.

Typically, in such cases, the faculty member discloses the consulting relationship in the article, or in a note at the bottom. In addition, we publish a list of organizations that have retained Poynter personnel for consulting — paid and unpaid — in the previous calendar year. Q: What limitations do you place on Poynter employees and contributors in terms of their publishing outside of Poynter?

A: We ask Poynter employees and contributors to keep their Poynter role in mind as they pursue their personal publishing, either in freelance articles, books, broadcast, or online. The issue suggests a range of responsibilities and responses.

Poynter does not expect an unpaid contributor to Poynter Online to restrict his or her personal publishing. At the same time, if such a contributor has published views elsewhere relevant to something he or she produces for Poynter, we ask the contributor to alert the appropriate Poynter editor.

We do that so the editor can decide whether the views expressed elsewhere represent a conflict, or whether readers should be alerted to what the contributor has published elsewhere.

In the case of Poynter employees, Poynter asks that they avoid personal publishing that would compromise their ability to fulfill their Poynter responsibilities in the seminar room or in Poynter publications.

Such conflicts would diminish their value to the consumers of Poynter publishing and, as a result, to Poynter. Q : What restrictions apply to Poynter faculty and staff in terms of the stocks or other securities they own that might result in a conflict or appearance of one? A: Poynter faculty and staff are free to own whatever stocks and other securities they choose, with the understanding that they not involve themselves in decision-making on behalf of Poynter that involves firms in which they have a stake.

When in doubt, staff are instructed to consult with a supervisor. At least once a year, during a discussion of these guidelines, Poynter faculty and staff will be encouraged to review their personal investments and to explore whether they represent any conflict with their Poynter work. What about membership on boards and community organizations? A: Poynter faculty and staff are free to belong to whatever boards and organizations they choose to, with the understanding that they disclose their participation whenever relevant and invite the scrutiny of outsiders and colleagues alike.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to list on their Poynter Online personal page the activities and memberships that may be relevant to their Poynter work. Q: Nelson Poynter made a big deal about the importance of locally-owned and operated news organizations. Does that put big media companies such as Gannett, Scripps, and Knight Ridder at an unfair disadvantage when you write about them in Poynter publications and on Poynter Online? A: Part of the Poynter mission is to help media leaders build strong businesses.

That places a special burden on us to be fair and even-handed in our coverage of news organizations that are not independently owned. Q: Do these guidelines apply to the St. Petersburg Times and other operations of Times Publishing? They apply only to publishing by The Poynter Institute. The St. Petersburg Times follows a standard of accuracy that it publishes on page two of the newspaper every day and on its website.

Q: Do you recommend these guidelines — and this FAQ — as an industry model? We believe the process we followed in developing these guidelines may be useful for other organizations. In brief, the process began in October with a group of Poynter faculty, staff, and website contributors discussing the values we believed such guidelines should reflect. We circulated the drafts, both inside and outside Poynter, and revised based on the feedback.

We expect that process will continue now that we have published the guidelines and the FAQ. We welcome your feedback here. Go to Poynter Ethics Guidelines. Experts say single-layer cloth masks are not protective enough and people should either be layering with surgical masks or buying KN95s or N95s.

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