Resources and guidance for journalists and editors
Our guidance for editors and journalists aims to drive up good practice across issues faced by journalists every day. No other organisation has our breadth and depth of regulatory experience about editorial standards.
Developing and publishing guidance raises editorial standards and supports editors and journalists to comply with the Editors’ Code of Practice.
Key resources & services
Pre-publication advice service
IPSO offers editors and journalists from regulated publishers non-binding advice on the Editors’ Code
In-Person and Online Training
We can support all regulated publishers, large or small, with bespoke newsroom training on the Editors’ Code and how to handle complaints effectively for editors, managers and for journalists.
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Guidance on reporting major incidents
This guidance provides editors and journalists with a framework for considering issues around the reporting of major incidents and includes examples of relevant decisions by IPSO’s Complaints Committee.
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Reporting on suicide
This guidance provides editors and journalists with a framework for thinking through issues around the reporting of suicide and includes examples of relevant decisions by IPSO’s Complaints Committee.
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Deaths and inquests guidance
This guidance provides editors and journalists with a framework for thinking through issues around the reporting of deaths and inquests and includes examples of relevant decisions by IPSO’s...
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Court reporting
This guidance is intended to provide a framework to editors and journalists on how the Editors’ Code applies to court reporting and includes case studies of relevant decisions...
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Guidance on reporting major incidents
This guidance is currently being updated. You can download the current guidance on this page.
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Social media guidance
This social media guidance provides a framework for thinking through questions about reporting material taken from social media and some examples of relevant decisions by IPSO’s Complaints Committee.
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Sexual offences guidance
This guidance provides editors and journalists with a framework for thinking through important questions related to the reporting of sexual offences and examples of relevant decisions by IPSO’s...
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Prominence in digital media guidance
This guidance explains how IPSO makes decisions on the prominence with which editors must publish remedies to breaches of the Editors’ Code in digital media.
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Sex and gender identity guidance
This guidance provides editors and journalists with a framework for thinking through considerations around the reporting of sex and gender identity and includes examples of relevant decisions by...
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Due prominence in printed media
This guidance explains how IPSO makes decisions on the prominence with which editors must publish remedies in printed media (or in electronically-rendered print editions).