►The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) suggests that journalists ask these questions when facing a potential conflict of interest.
Source: https://www.rtdna.org/avoiding-conflict-of-interest
►Journalists – especially freelancers, bloggers and those at smaller news outlets – may be tempted to take advantage of opportunities to make money from their recognition as a journalist. But it can happen at any news organization, including The New York Times. The Columbia Journalism Review reports that the Times, like many news outlets, still struggles to manage journalists who have financial relationships with the subjects of their reporting.
Source: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/conflict-of-interests-new-york-times.php
►When a newly hired New York Times journalist began reporting on his former employer, he certainly had the experience to add some rich depth to the story. But there was also an inevitable conflict of interest, as this piece from Slate discusses.
Source: https://slate.com/business/2021/10/ben-smith-new-york-times-ozy-buzzfeed-spac.html
►News organizations with weakened finances or a political bias may be prone to accept money or make deals that affect news coverage. National Public Radio and The Guardian provide examples of the Southern Co., a major utility those news organizations claim have paid news sites to attack critics and to hold back on negative news regarding environmental issues and rate hikes.
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