Now in its 101st year, The News is written, edited and published to cover events at the school and to offer a forum for opinions of significant interest to the Choate Rosemary Hall community. Our readership extends beyond the student body, faculty and staff to include alumni, parents, and others not on campus. Reporters and editors ensure that the paper’s content reflects the values of the community at large. Simultaneously, we strive to be as much like a professional paper as possible. Thus, part of our mission is to give students an introduction to the profession of journalism.
The News will not print language that is obscene, crude or otherwise offensive. Mean-spirited quotes and articles that are derogatory toward a specific person or program and that lack legitimate explanation or evidence are unsuitable for publication. The News respects the privacy of members of the Choate Rosemary Hall community. We maintain confidentiality with respect to specific school disciplinary actions and decisions affecting particular students.
The editors understand the journalistic practice of protecting those sources who wish to be quoted in articles without attribution. That practice is used only in our news coverage and only to advance our readership’s knowledge of an issue or question of importance to the school. Quotation without attribution will not be used to protect someone offering an unsubstantiated opinion or attacking another individual. Anonymous quotations are generally discouraged, and editors recognize their obligation to try to persuade their sources to go “on the record.”
All reporters who join the paper’s staff receive a copy of “The News Journalist’s Handbook,” which reinforces both the practices and principles set forth above and those explained by The News adviser and editors in the twice-yearly reporters’ training sessions.
