The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is updating its ethics rules.
职业记者协会(SPJ)正在更新它的道德准则。
This is the first update in 12 years.
这是12年来第一次更新。
It is also the sixth update in the rule's 100-year history.
这也是该准则百年历史上第六次更新。
Dan Axelrod, head of the SPJ ethics committee, says these words are important.
SPJ道德委员会主席丹·阿克塞尔罗德说,这些文字很重要。
He says they may save democracy.
他说,它们或许能拯救民主。
The update process took about one year.
更新过程花了大约一年时间。
Committee members met in June in Indianapolis to talk.
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 that AI appeared quickly.
更新准则的主要原因,是人工智能很快出现。
Vice chair Chris Roberts said news groups can save money by using AI.
委员会副主席克里斯·罗伯茨说,新闻机构使用人工智能可以省钱。
But if it is used wrongly or without ethics, it brings trouble.
但如果使用不当或不道德,就会带来麻烦。
Another problem 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 these people should also have rules to guide them.
SPJ认为,这些人也应该有准则来指导。
The rules have always been voluntary, not forced.
该准则一直是自愿的,没有强制性。
The draft added a sentence about tools and technology.
草案加了一句关于工具和技术的话。
It says that reporters cannot use technology as an excuse to avoid moral duty.
它强调,记者不能以技术为借口,逃避道德责任。
The draft does not talk about AI directly.
草案没有直接提到人工智能。
It only mentions tools and technology, so the rules stay useful when technology changes later.
它只提工具和技术,这样以后技术变化了,准则仍然有用。
One change that caused much talk was to change "speak for the voiceless" to "stay alert to those in power, and fight when people with less power are unfairly pushed aside."
一个引起很多讨论的改动是,把“为无声者发声”改成“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 some groups do not lack a voice.
委员会成员埃里克·德甘斯解释说,不是某些群体没有声音。
It is that mainstream media do not pay attention to their voices.
而是主流媒体不关注他们的声音。
SPJ was founded in 1909.
SPJ成立于1909年。
It passed its first code of ethics in 1926.
它在1926年通过了第一版道德准则。
Now it has about 4,000 members.
现在它有大约4000名成员。
Four key principles have not changed. Seek truth and report it. Reduce harm. Act independently. Be responsible and open.
四个关键原则没有变:寻求真相并报道它、将伤害降至最低、独立行事、负责和透明。
The 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·瓦卡罗说,即使行业变化或记者定义变化,准则仍然重要。
DeGans hopes more working journalists and people who own news organizations will read the code.
德甘斯希望更多在职记者和拥有新闻机构的人阅读准则。
Because sometimes employers pressure workers to do unethical things.
因为有时雇主会施压员工做不道德的事情。