
Kelly McBride
Kelly McBride is a writer, teacher and one of the country's leading voices on media ethics. Since 2002, she has been on the faculty ofThe Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to excellence in journalism, where she now serves as its senior vice president. She is also the chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at Poynter, which advances the quality of journalism and improves fact-based expression by training journalists and working with news organizations to hone and adopt meaningful and transparent ethics practices. Under McBride's leadership, the center serves as the journalism industry's ombudsman — a place where journalists, ethicists and citizens convene to elevate American discourse and battle disinformation and bias.
McBride was appointed as NPR's Public Editor in April 2020 as the result of a new partnership between NPR and Poynter. McBride's role as NPR's Public Editor is supported by researchers and editors from both organizations, significantly expanding the public editor's ability to respond to audience concerns and suggestions.
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An inaccurate verb choice made the reporting unclear
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Why is it OK for a senior correspondent to be close friends with a key source on her beat, but it's not OK for her colleague to march in a Black Lives Matter protest?
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NPR selected an inaccurate photo for a story about attacks on protesters.
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Will manipulating images make them less true?
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People across the political spectrum have strong feelings about unemployment programs. An NPR business story missed its mark.
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People across the political spectrum have strong feelings about unemployment programs. An NPR business story missed its mark.