by Sydney Smith on Jun 01, 2011
Daily Mail Apologizes for “Wrongly Attributing” Baby Die Quote to Doctor
The Daily Mail has apologized to a doctor for reporting she said "babies who are born at 23 weeks should...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2011
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Didn’t Disclose Reporter Karin Ronnow Worked for Greg Mortenson Charity
Karin Ronnow left the Bozeman Daily Chronicle earlier this month "after it became widely known that she also wrote an...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2011
Kenyan Newspaper Corrects Fake Story about $10 Million Cash Lost — Sort Of
South African newspaper The Standard corrected its report on $10 million cash lost in a Kenyan airport -- well, sort of....
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2011
Issues in Zimbabwe’s Journalism Ethics
Bornwell Chakaodza opined for Financial Gazette that journalism ethics in Zimbabwe are "under pressure." Commenting that journalists are better at...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2011
News of the World Accused of Hacking Rival Journalist’s Phone
Dennis Rice, a former Mail on Sunday investigations editor and current freelance journalist, has accused News of the World and...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2011
Jakarta Post: Media Reporting on Women “Poor”
A recently released Indonesian study reported that the media needs to follow journalism ethics better when reporting on women victims....
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Churnalism at Three UK newspapers?
UK blog Tabloid Watch spotted what it calls "churnalism" at the Daily Mail, the Mirror and the Express. As Tabloid...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Criticism of Proposed Media Council in Kurdistan
A Kurdistan university's media department has proposed a law to create a "high media council" but there's both confusion and...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2011
Did Daily Mail Rip Off Metro, New York Times Stories on NYC Smoking?
Freelance multimedia journalist Emily Anne Epstein accused the UK Daily Mail of plagiarizing her May 22 story for daily New...