Trust Principles
Thomson Reuters Trust
Wednesday 01 February 2012
With all these editorial changes and the moves to the US, the crazy corrections and what appears to be slipping editorial standards, what role does the Trust have any more?
Colin Bickler
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Colin Bickler
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Moment of truth
Monday 15 August 2011
For all the talk of Reuter Trust principles, we have seen no sign of the Trustees, nor of their deliberations. Do they have a website? Do they publish their collegiate views or findings from time to time? If not one must ask who watches the watchman?
Michael Reupke
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Michael Reupke
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Independence, integrity and freedom from whiskey
Monday 23 November 2009
I was intrigued to read on reuters.com that the excellent "Route to Recovery" series on the American recession is "brought to you" by Amtrak, the US-government owned rail network.
Thomson Reuters maintains that the Trust Principles apply to the dissemination of news as well as to the gathering of news, as well it should. At the same time it allows a troubling perception of dependence on corporate advertising to creep into its news presentation in a way that other respected news organisations are careful to avoid.
True, a footnote on the home page of the "Route to Recovery" series at ● www.reuters.com/routetorecovery clarifies for those who scroll down that "Reuters journalists are traveling by air, road and rail for this special report. All travel expenses are paid for by Reuters". Are we to assume, though, that the series would not have been undertaken without corporate sponsorship?
No such footnote appears to be included with another advertisement that "brings you" the news on reuters.com, this one from Jack Daniel's. Perhaps Reuters should make clear that Jack Daniel's is not providing liquid nourishment to its journalists.
Paul Holmes
Thomson Reuters maintains that the Trust Principles apply to the dissemination of news as well as to the gathering of news, as well it should. At the same time it allows a troubling perception of dependence on corporate advertising to creep into its news presentation in a way that other respected news organisations are careful to avoid.
True, a footnote on the home page of the "Route to Recovery" series at ● www.reuters.com/routetorecovery clarifies for those who scroll down that "Reuters journalists are traveling by air, road and rail for this special report. All travel expenses are paid for by Reuters". Are we to assume, though, that the series would not have been undertaken without corporate sponsorship?
No such footnote appears to be included with another advertisement that "brings you" the news on reuters.com, this one from Jack Daniel's. Perhaps Reuters should make clear that Jack Daniel's is not providing liquid nourishment to its journalists.
Paul Holmes
