journalism

Society of Professional Journalists

Name: Calibrated Authority rating — Society of Professional Journalists
Item: Society of Professional Journalists — public generative-AI policy
Rating: 9
Author: Chris Huber Reitz

9/12Calibrated Authority

“Take responsibility for the accuracy of their work. Verify information before releasing it. Use original sources whenever possible.”— Code of Ethics (rev. 2014-09-06) · source ↗

Traceability & inspectability

Human authorship & accountability

Disclosure & labeling

Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition

Human validation in loop

Evidential-trust emphasis

Posture Balanced Boundary fit · fits Trust-logic Evidential Updated 2026-07-12 · rev 1

Source policy: https://www.spj.org/spj-code-of-ethics/

Machine record: /institutions/spj.json

Cite this

Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — Society of Professional Journalists. https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/spj Quote: “Take responsibility for the accuracy of their work. Verify information before releasing it. Use original sources whenever possible.” Source: https://www.spj.org/spj-code-of-ethics/

Index Methodology Manifest JSON atom CC-BY-4.0 · v2026-06-22 · Chris Huber Reitz