by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2010
New York Times caught reporting third hoax story in April?
For the third time this month, The New York Times’ City Room blog may have been caught reporting a hoax...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 25, 2010
Kentucky editor creates anonymous source tracker
A Kentucky editor has designed an online anonymous source tracker to note (almost) every time the news organizations on Google News use...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2010
In Namibia, Text the Editor
Letters to the editor have been largely replaced by e-mails and readers comments these days. But, in Namibia, even e-mails...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2010
More bloggers call themselves journalists. Does it matter?
A new study published by PRWeek and PR Newswire indicates that 52% of bloggers consider themselves journalists. This is a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2010
Civic Journalism: Should Journalists Be Civically Active?
Journalists typically try to avoid voicing their opinions on government policy, but journalist and media consultant Amy Gahran says that...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2010
Were French journalists improperly acting like police with pedophile investigation The Infiltrators?
A week after French media denounced a team of its journalists for going undercover and turning over 22 names of...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2010
Canada Case Could Make Web Users Responsible for Content of Posted Links
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed last week to hear a case that would decide if linking to a Web site...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 08, 2010
The Wrap sends cease and desist letter to Newser: Stop stealing our original content !
How much attribution is sufficient when posting information from a news organization onto another Web site or blog? That question,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2010
Why do news organizations allow anonymous comments? Some news outlets sued over IDs
It’s not the 1990s anymore. Back then, if you wanted to submit a letter to the editor, you had to...