Overview
- The updated Código Deontológico adds annexes on artificial intelligence, suicide reporting, the climate emergency, image manipulation, diversity, wartime coverage, and plagiarism prevention.
- The vote capped the two-day VII Congrés de Periodistes de Catalunya, which concluded Saturday at CaixaForum Barcelona.
- More than 800 professionals registered, with about 700 attending in person and over 100 online, as 99-plus speakers addressed sustainability, conflict coverage, and AI.
- Organizers said the reform followed an open, participatory process led by the Col·legi and the Consell de la Informació de Catalunya with contributions from working groups, universities, and civil society organizations.
- In the keynote, Pulitzer winner Jodi Kantor warned that “the truth is in danger” and called for a collective plan to protect it.