by Sydney Smith on Apr 09, 2016
Chinua Achebe Died in 2013, So Why Did Sydney Newspaper Publish Obit Last Month?
Did acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe recently die? No. Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, actually died in 2013, but The...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2016
Migrants Don’t Get 75% of New Jobs in Britain, Express Publishes Corrections
No, 75% of new jobs in Britain don't go to EU migrants. The UK Express wrongly claimed that in November...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2016
New Ethics Guidelines for Agence France-Presse Cover Everything from Covering Mass Shooters to Accuracy
Wire service Agence France-Presse has released new Editorial Standards and Best Practices guidelines this month. Michèle Léridon, the AFP's global news...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2016
Celebrity Injunction Lifted: When Will PJS & YMA Be Identified?
The UK Court of Appeals said today that an injunction barring the media from identifying a celebrity accused of having an...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2016
Associated Press, Las Vegas Review-Journal awarded Payne Ethics Award
Both the Associated Press's coverage of "seafood slaves" and the Las Vegas Review-Journal's investigative reporting on itself and the purchase...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 21, 2016
What Happened in Today’s PJS Celebrity Injunction Supreme Court Hearing: Threesome Allegations Would be ‘Devastating,’ PJS’s Children Would be Harassed, Lawyer Says
The celebrity using the pseudonym PJS is still fighting to prevent the press in England and Wales from naming him...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 24, 2016
Australia’s Grand Mufti is Suing Australian Telegraph for Libel
Australia's Grand Mufti is suing the Australian Daily Telegraph over its coverage of him after the terrorist attacks in Paris...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2016
Australian Journalists charged with Kidnapping in Lebanon out of jail, on leave from Channel Nine
Four employees of Australia's Channel Nine News are on leave while the network investigates what went wrong in a reporting...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2016
‘Queen Backs Brexit’ Headline: UK Press Regulator Rules for Queen Elizabeth for 1st time
For the first time, a UK press regulator has ruled against a newspaper over a problematic headline. It's also"the first time...