Proportion of UK journalists who agree ‘What is ethical for journalists should always be determined by professional standards, regardless of situation and personal judgment’, by employment type

Similar percentages of freelancers and journalists with permanent contracts agree that ethics should be determined by professional standards.

empl. Which of the following categories best describes your current working situation as a journalist? ethic1_A. The following statements describe different responses journalists may have to ethical problems. For each of them, please tell me how strongly you agree or disagree. Base: Permanent = 739, Freelance = 316.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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