by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2016
Toledo Blade Stands by Sierah Joughin Murder Coverage after 2 Complaints
Daily Ohio newspaper The Toledo Blade stands by its coverage of the murder of a 20-year-old local woman, Sierah Joughin,...
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by on Aug 23, 2016
OfCom Rejects 17 Complaints over Fatima Manji Reporting on Nice Truck Attack
Seventeen people complained to UK broadcast regulator OfCom over Channel 4 having Fatima Manji, a Muslim reporter who wears a...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2016
Daily Record Apologizes after Women Complains she shouldn’t have been in John Tweedie Story
The Scottish Daily Record published a story in May about police detective John Tweedie, who was cleared of charges for "throwing his...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2016
Gawker.com is Closing [Nick Denton Memo]
Gawker.com is closing. In an announcement on its website this afternoon, Gawker reporter J.K. Trotter reported that the site will...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2016
2 Readers Reps on Future of Online Commenting
Online commenting seems to constantly be a problem for news organizations, with NPR deciding to drop the feature on its...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2016
NPR Ending Online Commenting Next Week after 8 Years
National Public Radio is getting rid of online commenting. In an announcement today, NPR acknowledged "our success depends on our...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2016
Univision to Buy Gawker Media after Auction
Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million, just $5 million shy of the amount Gawker is supposed to pay...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2016
Arianna Huffington Steps Down as Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief
Arianna Huffington is resigning as editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, she announced today. Earlier this year, Huffington made things tougher on...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2016
Society of Professional Journalists gives Ethics Awards to Journalists from Las Vegas Review-Journal, Associated Press
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Associated Press continue to stockpile journalism ethics awards for their work reporting on the sale...