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...
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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...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2012
Journalist Says NYT Made ‘Lazy ReWrite’ in Late December Ron Paul Story, NYT Defends
Journalist Julian Sanchez accused the New York Times of publishing a "very light, very lazy rewrite" of a 2008 article...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
DART Center Publishes Advice on ‘Interviewing Victims’
The DART Center for Journalism & Trauma recently published a tipsheet on "interviewing victims" ethically. The advice came from the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2012
5 Arrests in UK Bribery Investigation, Mulcaire Ordered to name Hacking Orders
The UK police arrested four journalists and a police officer on January 28 as part of an investigation into "police corruption" called...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2012
Center for International Media Ethics Announces EthiContest Winner
The Center for International Media Ethics announced the winner of its Ethicontest 2011 in late January. The center identifies itself...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Sports News Site: Fact Check Tweets Before Publishing Stories
Richard Greco suggested in a post on Philadelphia sports news site GCobb.com that journalists shouldn't automatically assume tweets are fact-checked...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
3 Anonymous Sources to be named for Australian Defamation Suit
An Australian Supreme Court called for three journalists from Australia's The Age newspaper to identify three anonymous sources in order...