by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2012
U.S. Government is Training Journalists in Libya
We have written about the U.S. government's training of journalists in countries previously. In September 2010, the U.S. government sent...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2012
Guardian’s Roy Greenslade Questions Leveson Inquiry’s Balance
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade questioned the balance in the UK Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices in a January...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
Ecuador’s President Says WashPost is Unethical
Ecuador's president Rafael Correa accused the Washington Post of bias, "lack of ethics and professionalism," Prensa Latina reported Jan. 18....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
Irish Court: No Injunction over Video Misidentifying Taxi Fare Skipper
An Irish judge ruled that the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Evening Herald, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Star can report...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
PressTV Loses its OfCom License
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom "revoked the UK license of Iranian state broadcaster Press TV," Journalism.co.uk reported. According to Journalism.co.uk,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
NBC Reporter’s DUI Prompts Source-Reporter Ethics Questions
The Washington Times' Gayle Falkenthal questioned in December the "distance reporters need to maintain from their sources" after the police...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Bahrain Journalists Association Published Ethics Code Jan. 20
The Bahrain Journalists Association finalized its code of ethics and published it Jan. 20, according to Bahrain News Agency. We...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Johann Hari Not Going Back to the Independent
Journalist Johann Hari is resigning from the UK Independent, the Guardian reported Jan. 20. Hari announced his resignation in a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2012
Plagiarism Discussion on Salon
Salon questioned "What is plagiarism" in a "panel debate" that included Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain, Southern Methodist University...