by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2011
Bribe Offered to Toronto Star Reporter to Unpublish Story
Kathy English, the Toronto Star's public editor, published a 2009 survey about the growing requests for unpublishing -- the term for...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Media Needs to Report in Context
The Dallas News' editor Michael Landauer questioned why the media is "so bad at providing context." "I've always been interested...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
New Study: Readers Want Active Reporting?
Ohio State University announced in a press release that a new research study (published in the Journal of Communication) found that...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2011
South African Survey: 69% Have Ethics Codes, 21% Use it
The South African National Press Club surveyed journalists to learn about newsroom ethics, Times Live reported. According to the survey...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2011
Why is New WaPo Ombudsman Patrick Pexton Praising, not Critiquing WaPo in 1st Column?
The Washington Post's newest ombudsman, Patrick Pexton, used his first column to praise the Post's reporting in Egypt. He recounted...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2011
Hit E-book Author Amanda Hocking Corrects Errors Reported About Her
Writer Amanda Hocking took to her blog, AmandaHocking.Blogspot.com, to address errors in the media that have been publicized about her....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2011
Irish Mail Sued over Irish Tribune Wrap Around
The Irish Mail has been sued after it published a wraparound of the Irish Tribune newspaper, Editor and Publisher reported. ...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2011
Tabloids Popular in the UK Because of Social Classes?
European Journalism Observatory' Miryam Nadkarni wrote recently about the "reasons for the UK's yellow press victory." According to its website, the observatory,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2011
NPR Task Force Advises on Ethics
Current.org, a biweekly public media newspaper, reported that NPR's ethics task force completed its recommendations for the public radio organization's ethics code...