Editorial firewall

How it is used

Use for policies and working arrangements that separate advertising or funding influence from news decisions.

Example sentences

1. The editorial firewall prevented the sponsor from choosing who would be interviewed.

   Funding a project does not automatically grant control over reporting choices.

2. Editors reviewed the editorial firewall after an advertiser complained about an investigation.

   A commercial complaint can test whether the separation works in practice.

Common collocations

• maintain an editorial firewall
• breach the editorial firewall
• strong editorial firewall

Related terms

• conflict of interestA situation in which a journalist's personal, financial or family interests could influence, or seem to influence, how they report a story.
• editorialAn article that gives the official opinion of a newspaper or magazine on an issue, usually written by senior editors and often published without a byline.

More terms: Media Ethics and Law

• press freedom
• accuracy
• objectivity
• bias
• defamation
• libel
• sensationalism
• right of reply
• public interest
• source protection
• plagiarism
• pack journalism