by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2011
PCC Gets New Chairman
The PCC announced Oct. 13 that a former member of Parliament, Lord David Hunt, has been named the print regulatory...
Media Business Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2011
“Where did Salon’s Corrections Go?”
Regret the Error's Craig Silverman questioned Oct. 11 what happened to Salon's corrections page. The page used to collect all...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2011
POLITICO Reporter Kendra Marr Resigns After Plagiarism
POLITICO's national political reporter Kendra Marr resigned after editors learned that she had plagiarized, POLITICO revealed in an Oct. 13 post. According...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2011
Kansas City Star: Does Criminal Past Matter for Sourcing?
Kansas City Star readers representative Derek Donovan questioned in a recent column if journalists should look into a source's criminal...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2011
Social Media Best Practices
The Poynter Institute's Jeff Sonderman advised about how to manage social media accounts. One of his seven suggestions called for...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2011
Petition Calls for Transparency from the NYTimes
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade highlighted a petition for the New York Times to be more transparent about the "experts" it...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2011
More on News Corp Phone Hacking Committee
Bloomberg focused on the committee that is looking into and reviewing News Corp's UK papers in an Oct. 11 article....
by Vivek Trivedi on Oct 17, 2011
Did New York Media Go Too Far in Reporting on Local Rape Victim?
Did several local New York media outlets violate journalism ethics in reports on the alleged August rape of a New York...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2011
Update on James Risen case: Reporter has to give Info about ‘Accuracy’
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reported that New York Times reporter James Risen has been ordered to "testify ...