by Sydney Smith on Feb 22, 2013
IDing Sex Assault Victim ‘Alarming’ says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined
The UK Daily Mirror was fined £1,200 after breaking the UK Sexual Offences Act 1992 with its 2011 story naming...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2013
Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism
Bangkok, Thailand newspaper the Daily News named and photographed a victim of gang rape, but later took down the identifying...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2013
Editor regrets ‘Overwhelmingly White’ T magazine, says NYT Public Editor?
The New York Times plans to include more diversity in its future issues of T: The Times Style Magazine, the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2013
UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student’s Suicide After PCC complaint
The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2013
The Last Boston Globe Ombudsman was not fired, Got that?
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month about Washingtonian's reporting that the end of the Washington Post's ombudsman's office might be near. ...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2013
Daniel Morel wins, Agence France-Presse, Washington Post can’t distribute tweeted Haiti photos
A New York District Judge ruled that it was a violation of copyright law for Agence France-Presse and the Washington Post...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2013
Withhold naming victim? Tackle Tough Ethical Choices in group says Ohio Editor
In a recent talk to graduate journalism students, Bruce Winges, editor of the Beacon Journal, an Akron, Ohio daily newspaper, advocated...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 17, 2013
Cowboy Photo Exhibition Essay Stolen, Canadian Fast Forward Magazine Admits Plagiarism, Unpublishes Art Review
Fast Forward Weekly apologized after learning one of its art reviews of a photography exhibition was plagiarized from an exhibition...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2013
Australian Mag Also Publishing Kate Middleton Bikini Pics, UK’s ITV Sorry for Showing
The Italian magazine Chi won't be alone in publishing the pregnant bikini photos of Kate Middleton on vacation in Mustique....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2013
Sorry For $20K Payment to Jonah Lehrer says Knight Foundation
The Knight Foundation paid $20,000 for Jonah Lehrer to speak about his plagiarism and fabrication scandal earlier this week. As...