Media Law & Ethics

Media Law Resources

• Make public records requests at PSU.

• The Student Press Law Center is your go-to site for legal resources and assistance.

• Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) regulation of obscenity, indecency, and profanity, and a fact sheet.

• Photographers' rights, explained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

• Open Oregon provides information on a variety of media law matters in the state of Oregon.

Media Ethics Recources 

• The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.

• The National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics.

• The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin.

• Radio Television Digital News Association Code of Ethics.

• Considerations for reporting related to sexual violence.