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For a hundred years, journalists have followed ethical rules on their own. Now, editors are updating these rules for the age of artificial intelligence.

For a hundred years, journalists have followed ethical rules on their own. Now, editors are updating these rules for the age of artificial intelligence.

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September 1st, 2026

For a hundred years, journalists have followed ethical rules on their own. Now, editors are updating these rules for the age of artificial intelligence.

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The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is updating its code of ethics.

职业记者协会(SPJ)正在更新道德准则

This is the first update in 12 years and the sixth in the code's 100-year history.

这是12年来第一次更新也是该准则百年历史上的第六次更新

Dan Axelrod, the head of the SPJ ethics committee, says these words are important and may save democracy.

SPJ道德委员会主席丹·阿克塞尔罗德这些文字很重要也许能拯救民主

The update process took about a year.

更新过程花了大约一年时间

Committee members met in Indianapolis in June to discuss it.

委员会成员在6月于印第安纳波利斯开会讨论

The main reason for updating the rules is the fast rise of artificial intelligence.

更新准则主要原因人工智能快速出现

Vice chair Chris Roberts said news groups can save money by using AI.

委员会副主席克里斯·罗伯茨新闻机构用人工智能可以省钱

But if it is used wrongly or unethically, it can cause problems.

如果用得不对或不道德就会带来麻烦

Another issue is that independent "creator journalists" have grown a lot in recent years.

另一个问题是,近年来独立的创作者记者增加了很多

SPJ thinks they should also have rules to guide them.

SPJ认为他们也应该有准则来指导

The rules have always been voluntary, not required.

该准则一直是自愿的没有强制性

The draft adds a sentence about tools and technology.

草案增加了一句关于工具和技术的话。

It stresses that journalists cannot use technology as an excuse to avoid ethical duties.

强调记者不能以技术为借口逃避伦理责任

The draft does not directly mention artificial intelligence, only tools and technology.

草案没有直接提到人工智能工具和技术

The purpose is that the guidelines stay useful when technology changes.

这样做的目的技术变化时准则仍然有用

One change that caused much discussion is replacing "speaking for the voiceless" with "being watchful of those in power, and fighting against the unfair sidelining of those with less power."

一个引起很多讨论的改动是,“为无声者发声”改为“对掌权者保持警惕对抗权力较小者被不公平边缘化的现象”。

Committee member Eric Degans explained that it is not that some groups have no voice. Mainstream media do not pay attention to their voices.

委员会成员埃里克·德甘斯解释说不是某些群体没有声音,而是主流媒体不关注他们的声音

SPJ was founded in 1909 and passed its first code of ethics in 1926.

SPJ成立于1909年1926年通过了第一版道德准则

It now has about 4,000 members.

现在有大约4000名成员

Four key principles have not changed. They are: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable and transparent.

四个关键原则没有变寻求真相并报道它将伤害降到最低独立行事负责和透明

Current SPJ president Chris Vaccaro says the code is still important. The industry or the definition of a journalist may change.

现任SPJ主席克里斯·瓦卡罗,即使行业变化或记者的定义变化准则仍然重要

DeGans hopes more working journalists and people who own news organizations will read the code. Sometimes employers pressure staff to do unethical things.

德甘斯希望更多在职记者和拥有新闻机构的人阅读准则因为有时雇主会施压员工做不道德的事情

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