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Editorial ethics and independence.
Our newsroom and journalists follow the professional standards established by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics. That means we have strict standards for fact-checking and a corrections policy to publicly disclose when we make a mistake (see Corrections Policy below).
Student journalists working in our newsroom are paired with senior reporters and must meet the same standards.
Independence from influence.
Our organization retains full authority over editorial content to protect the best journalistic and business interests of our organization. We maintain a firewall between news coverage decisions and sources of all revenue. Acceptance of financial support does not constitute implied or actual endorsement of donors or their products, services or opinions.
We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, but our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.
Our organization may consider donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We will cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.
Our organization will make public all donors who give a total of $5,000 or more per year. We will accept anonymous donations for general support only if it is clear that sufficient safeguards have been put into place that the expenditure of that donation is made independently by our organization and in compliance with industry and nonprofit journalism standards, including those established by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN).
Donor disclosure.
We are committed to transparency in every aspect of funding our organization.
We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals, organizations and foundations to help with our general operations, coverage of specific topics and special projects. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates as a public trust, we do not pay certain taxes. We may receive funds from standard government programs offered to nonprofits or similar businesses. Accepting financial support does not mean we endorse donors or their products, services or opinions.
Our news judgments are made independently by professional journalists– not based on or influenced by donors or any revenue source. We do not give supporters the rights to assign, review or edit content. In most cases, journalists are not made aware of the identity of donors except when they are disclosed publicly through this policy.
We make public all revenue sources and donors who give $5,000 or more per year. As a news nonprofit, we avoid accepting charitable donations from anonymous sources, government entities, political parties, elected officials or candidates seeking public office. We will not accept donations from sources who, deemed by our board of directors, present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.
Corrections.
We recognize that, despite our best efforts, sometimes we get it wrong or could have said it better.
If you think something we say isn’t accurate, contact our editor (editor@newmexico.news) or send us message online here and we’ll take a look. If we are wrong, we will run a correction and be sure to tell our readers. In most cases, we strive to correct errors in the same format in which the original story appeared.