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HONESTY:

When we operate online, we identify ourselves as NPR (National Public Radio) journalists,

just as we do in the "real" world. So, whenever we make comments, ask questions, tweet, retweet,
blog, Facebook, or do anything else on social media or other online venues as part of our job, we

explicitly identify our lives and that we work for NPR. NPR journalists may "follow" or "friend"
Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and other social media sites maintained by political parties and

advocacy groups as part of their job. We do so, though, to watch their news feeds rather than to

become participants, and we follow, and friend sites made by activists on both sides of the issues.
It's a tool as simple as joining up for email lists used to be. When undertaking such job, we do not

employ pseudonyms.

If NPR writers join online forums and social media sites in their personal life, they may

follow the standards of those outlets and adopt screen identities that do not reveal who they are.

However, we do not use information acquired from our encounters with such sites in our NPR
reports. If we get story ideas, we approach the material the same way we would any information

we encounter in the "real world" — as a beginning point that must be followed by open, honest
reporting. (N, P, & R, 2019)

Figure 45. Honesty

(N, P, & R, 2019)
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