Benefits for Pledgers

Individuals and organizations that take the TAO Pledge get these benefits.

Take the TAO Pledge and receive these
benefits:

  • Inclusion in the TAO Directory.
  • Special access to legal assistance (see right).
  • Public recognition of your commitment to transparency, accountability and openness.
  • Student media organizations receive a poster of the TAO Pledge and temporary tattoos of the TAO Seal for each member of their media staff.

The TAO pledge is an easy way to make it clear to others that you strive for excellence and that you follow some guiding principles in your work.
David Ardia, Director, OMLN, Harvard Law School

We heard about this from our teacher/adviser and want to show our readers and the larger journalism community that we stand by the ideals of being Transparent, Accountable, and Open in our reporting and all of our practices as student journalists! Robert Parker and Shai Nielson, editors,The Roar, Whitney High School, Rocklin, CA