by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2012
Leveson Inquiry on Science Journalism
During January 2012's Leveson Inquiry into UK press standards, UK group the Science Media Centre recommended a series of guidelines...
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by David W. Moore on Feb 09, 2012
Do 9 out of 10 New Yorkers Actually Agree on Something? A Surprising Answer!
O.K. No teasing. Just the facts. The answer is: Yes! Kind of. Somewhere around nine out of ten New Yorkers...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
NYTimes Corrects: 46 Million U.S. people not on Xanax
The New York Times issued a Jan. 22 correction to its Jan. 15 opinion article that incorrectly reported in its...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
AP Updates Social Media Guidelines Again
The Associated Press announced Jan. 17 that it has published an "update of the social media guidelines that were last...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2012
Fox News Updates, Rewrites Post Accused of Lifting from Atlantic Wire
Fox News lifted an article from the Atlantic Wire, was called out for it, and updated the post with an...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2012
Huffington Post’s Twitter Hacked
Huffington Post's Twitter account (@HuffingtonPost) was hacked Jan. 15, according to Mediaite. Tweets posted by the hackers were later deleted...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2011
BBC Defends Itself After Criticism of Fake Footage in Polar Bear Program
The seven-part television series Frozen Planet aired deceptive footage in its fifth installment, the Guardian reported. According to the Guardian,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2011
BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
The BBC and Discovery Channel partnered to broadcast Frozen Planet, a seven-part documentary on "the earth's polar regions," Talking Points Memo...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
‘Stigma’ in Reporting on “The Mentally Ill”
The Guardian published an article by Harold A. Maio questioning why the media refers to "'the' mentally ill," which Maio...