Journalism Ethical - Graines de Changement

8Books, Movies, Reprints and CopyrightNewspaper Guild has questions about rights to payment forreprints of articles that the staff member has written, he or sheshould refer to The Times’s collective bargaining agreementwith the Guild. In general, this agreement calls for a 50/50split of the fees involved.87. In contemplating book projects — or other outside endeavors— staff members must never give an impression they mightbenefit financially from the outcome of news events. Staffmembers may not negotiate with any outside person orentity for any rights to an article or story idea before thearticle has run in The Times. Staff members involved incovering a running story may not negotiate over books, articles,films, programs or media projects of any sort based on thatcoverage until that news has played out, unless they have writtenpermission in advance from the associate managing editor fornews administration or the deputy editorial page editor.88. No staff member may serve as a ghost writer or co-author forindividuals who figure in coverage they provide, edit, packageor supervise or are likely to do so.89. No staff member will be given a leave of absence, paid or unpaid,to write a book without the explicit permission of the executiveeditor or the editorial page editor. Ideally, a staff member whofeels he or she will need to leave to complete a book projectshould inform The Times of the intention to seek a leave at thesame time he or she first makes the book project available forconsideration by The Times. A decision to grant or deny arequest for a book leave — like requests for most other leaves ofabsence — will be based on many factors, including previousbook leaves or accommodations the newspaper has granted tothe staff member; the impact the leave will have on departmentalstaffing needs, and the degree to which The Times believes thebook project will accrue to the newspaper’s interests. If a staffmember represented by the Newspaper Guild has a questionabout a leave of absence, he or she should refer to The Times’scollective bargaining agreement with the Guild.26E T H I C A L J O U R N A L I S M