Kelly McBride
Kelly McBride is a writer, teacher and one of the country's leading voices on media ethics. Since 2002, she has been on the faculty of The Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to excellence in journalism, where she now serves as its senior vice president. She is also the chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at Poynter, which advances the quality of journalism and improves fact-based expression by training journalists and working with news organizations to hone and adopt meaningful and transparent ethics practices. Under McBride's leadership, the center serves as the journalism industry's ombudsman — a place where journalists, ethicists and citizens convene to elevate American discourse and battle disinformation and bias.
McBride was appointed as NPR's Public Editor in April 2020 as the result of a new partnership between NPR and Poynter. McBride's role as NPR's Public Editor is supported by researchers and editors from both organizations, significantly expanding the public editor's ability to respond to audience concerns and suggestions.
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NPR Public Editor examines claims of bias in NPR's story choices -
Tim is a Special Olympian who until recently had lived with our parents. My mom and I were collaborating to get him excited about relocating to my home, when Toby announced a concert near there. -
'It's necessary to listen to the critics, even when they are spewing venom.' -
Public radio journalists share their advice for treating sources with care -
Managing conflicts of interest and competing loyalties -
The guidelines for whose voices get into NPR news reports -
An inaccurate verb choice made the reporting unclear -
A look at what's driving women of color to walk away from NPR's most prominent jobs and why it matters to listeners -
NPR opens the door for journalists to publicly advocate for fairness, justice and other human values. -
Not glorifying a shooter isn't enough to ensure good journalism
