Специфіка порушень журналістських стандартів за воєнної пори

The status and challenges of modern journalists who work under wartime circumstances and highlight events at the front in particular are discussed in this article. The difference between war correspondents and journalists who do not have such a status is found out. Additionally, the legal framework of their activities in accordance with the current regulatory acts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the martial law is viewed. The difficulties of the information fi eld in conditions of a full-scale war are described. They dictate a necessity in significant concentration and attention on the part of journalists to their own safety, verification of information, avoidance of strategic details’ disclosure, and adherence to ethical principles when working with traumatised people who lost their relatives in this war. The influence of military censorship on editorial processes is revealed. As an example, the article provides a mechanism for approving material in accordance with the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The results of monitoring compliance with journalistic standards in online media and information telemarathons are analysed; problems with reliability, balance of opinions, separation of facts from comments, as well as the distribution of emotionally coloured and commissioned materials are indicated. Special attention is paid to examples of typical violations of ethical standards in headlines and news, particularly, on the example of the telemarathon “United News”, the development of problems of political PR and insufficient depth of information analysis. The conclusion is made about the fact that it is necessary to adapt journalistic practice to current challenges of war and to strengthen the role of professional standards in order to strengthen trust in the media under the information crisis conditions.