Media Codes of Ethics: The Difficulty of Defining Standards

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About the Author Eugene L. Meyer

Center for International Media Assistance

CIMA Research Report: Media Codes of Ethics

Eugene L. Meyer is an award-winning Washington, DC-based freelance journalist who spent four decades in daily journalism. For most of that time, he was a staff reporter and editor for the Washington Post. Meyer serves on the board of the Freedom to Write Fund and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He is the author of two books and numerous articles for regional and national periodicals. His work has covered a wide range of topics, including politics, real estate, urban affairs, police brutality, health care, travel, agriculture, history, the environment, education and the economy. He has been a writing coach and taught journalism at Ohio State University as the James Thurber Journalist-in-Residence. Meyer currently contributes to several publications and is the editor of B’nai B’rith Magazine. His last report for CIMA, By the People: The Rise of Citizen Journalism, was published in 2010.

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