The Current

The Current prioritizes coverage of health and education, economic development, public safety, social issues and the environment.

The Current says that its journalists must earn the trust of its readers every day and with every piece of content, and that it considers its professional integrity the cornerstone of its credibility. The specifics and full ethics policy signed by each employee can be found here.

The Current is overseen by Grey Matters Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit with an independent board of directors. Grey Matters Project says that it recognizes the independence of editors and reporters of any journalism enterprise - news coverage of any funded project or news story, says the Project, remain independent of the donors and of Grey Matters Project. The organization has stated its commitment to transparency and full-disclosure of all donors, activities and interactions between the Board of Directors and newsroom.

The Current claims to be Georgia’s only women-led non-profit newsroom, and says it is committed to building an equitable organization. It aims to create a team over time whose demographics reflect the community served by the newsroom, representing multiple fault lines: race, gender, socioeconomic background, age and geography. 

The Current aims to get facts right at every turn, and pledges to correct or clarify work promptly and transparently. When it publishes an error of fact, the newsroom says it will correct or clarify the story or item and replace it with correction information within the article and include an editor’s note about the change on the same web page.

The Current’s policy is avoid the use of unnamed sources - when it does, it says that this is only with the approval of the editor. Anonymous sources are reserved for when information is essential to an important story, and the verified information is unavailable any other way. The Current says that in these circumstances, its editors must know the name of the source.