by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2012
New Burmese Press Council Drafts Ethics Code
Two months after being set up, Burma's Interim Press Council has "drafted a new 15-point code of ethics" for Burmese...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2012
Globe & Mail to Moderate Gaza Comments Before Posting B/c of Hateful, Racist Comments
The Globe and Mail is going to start moderating comments on stories about Gaza before publication after the newspaper's website...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2012
3 Chicago Journalists Petitioned for William Cellini, Convicted of Conspiracy, Is it OK?
"Three prominent journalists" sent Judge James Zagel letters backing William Cellini, the Chicago Tribune reported. There were in total 364...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2012
Irish Daily Star Editor who published Topless Kate Middleton Pics Resigns
Irish Daily Star editor Michael O'Kane resigned this past week, two months after the newspaper ran topless photos of Kate...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2012
Phone Hacking Scandal Update: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Others Charged & Accused of Bribery
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, former News of the World editor and former communications director for UK Prime Minister...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2012
BBC Writer Apologizes for Tweeting Syria Photo Wrongly Labeled as Gaza
BBC "Gaza and West Bank Correspondent" Jon Donnison apologized after re-tweeting a photo that wrongly said it showed "children injured"...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2012
Gullah Sentinel editor: ‘it is never ethical to bend the truth even if it’s exposing the truth’
As iMediaEthics wrote last month, editors from three South Carolina and Georgia newspapers participated in a September journalism ethics forum...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2012
Guardian Cartoonist: Netanyahu Cartoon Not Anti-Semitism
Was the Guardian's cartoon picturing "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a puppet-master, controlling tiny versions of Foreign Secretary William...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2012
Reuters Retracts Story on Anonymous Source’s Video of ‘Nigerian Troops Shooting Unarmed Captives’
Reuters retracted a Nov. 18 story "reporting that a video showed Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives," according to a Nov....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2012
Globe & Mail on Difference Between Correction & Clarification
Globe and Mail public editor Sylvia Stead explained to readers recently how the Canadian daily newspaper differentiates between corrections and...