Editorial Independence

Editorial independence is the freedom of editors to make decisions without interference from the owners of a publication. Editorial independence is tested, for instance, if a newspaper runs articles that may be unpopular with its advertising clientele.

Famous quotes containing the words editorial and/or independence:

    “I have been in the editorial business going on fourteen years, and it is the first time I ever heard of a man’s having to know anything in order to edit a newspaper.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.”
    —Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)