In Lithuania, representative sociological research of recent years about the place of the Roma community in the country reached a unanimous conclusion that they are one of the most discriminated ethnic minorities in various spheres of life (Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, 2022). The article states that the media also contributes to such a situation, which, by forming society’s attitudes and evaluations on questions important to it, also gets involved in considerations about ethnic minorities. The aim of the article is to investigate how Lithuanian internet portals Delfi and NARA present information and stories about the Roma community, and also to highlight and define the practices and tendencies of ethical journalism observed in each of these publications, by analyzing publications about the Roma. The research showed that the news portal Delfi, during the investigated period (2019–2023), in most cases actually observed the laws in force in Lithuania and depicted the Roma ethnic minority in an ethical manner; however, there were also cases when the Roma were represented in a negative context, and the content of the publications had discriminatory or criminalizing features. Furthermore, it can be stated that the portal NARA in all cases neutrally presented the Roma community and performed an educational function, educating society about the Roma history, culture, traditions, thus making an effort of contributing more to the changes in society’s stereotypical opinion about the Roma in Lithuania. The research reached the generalization that both portals researched in this article, i.e., NARA and Delfi, in depicting ethnic minorities, observe the provisions established in Lithuanian laws and in the code of ethics about how to depict ethnic minorities ethically and impartially; however, the alternative journalism space portal NARA does this depiction more purposefully and effectively.
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