Kelly McBride

Kelly McBride earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1988 from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and a Master of Arts in religious studies in 2000 from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.^[2] She is a mother and is divorced.^[3]

McBride worked as a reporter in the Pacific Northwest for 15 years before joining the non-profit Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.^[4]

Since 2002,^[5] she has published "Updates on ethical decision-making in newsrooms big and small" at poynter.org.^[6] As vice president of the Academic Programs of Poynter Institute, she also serves on Poynter's board of trustees.^[7] At Poynter she has headed the Ethics Department and the Reporting, Writing and Editing Department, and has directed Poynter's Sense-Making Project, an initiative exploring changes in journalism, from "a profession for a few to a civic obligation of many",^[8] including the Fifth Estate and effects of technology on democracy.

In April 2020, she became National Public Radio's public editor through a partnership with NPR and Poynter^[9]

Books

McBride co-edited The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century, featuring 14 essays and a new code of ethics for journalists.^[10]

In March 2014, she authored A Practical Approach to Journalism Ethics for the Bureau of International Information Programs of the United States Department of State.^[11]

Selected articles

News sites including The New York Times,^[12] Washington Post,^[13] CNN,^[14] NPR^[15] and the BBC^[16] have quoted McBride's advice on journalistic ethics and have published her essays.

• "When It's O.K. to Pay for a Story" (2015)^[12]
• "How Should NPR Cover Itself?" (2009)^[15]
• "Pubmedia leaders should seek 'creative ways' to explore country's deep divisions" (2009)^[17] (commissioned by Editorial Integrity for Public Media: Principles, Policies, Practices)^[18]
• "Rethinking rape coverage – Should anonymity be absolute" (2002)^[19]