by Katie Rolnick on Oct 11, 2009
Tweeting the News: Digital Journalism at DePaul University
The social media platform, Twitter, first gained legitimacy as a valuable news tool last April, when it helped connect protesters...
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by Molika Ashford on Oct 09, 2009
Minnesota City Pages Criticizes Pioneer-Press Newspaper Over HIV Disclosure
City Pages, a Twin Cites alternative weekly, recently published a blog criticism of their fellow Minnesotan paper, the Pioneer Press—exploring...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 08, 2009
FOX News Broadcasts Bad Advice From H1N1 Flu “Expert”
In a recent broadcast, “Tracking H1N1,” Fox News taps the wisdom of Dr. Kent Holtorf to advise America as the...
by Molika Ashford on Sep 29, 2009
NY Times confuses 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll with real science
Scientific polls can be valuable. They can give a great overview, track trends, gauge opinions and reveal national tenor. But...
by Molika Ashford on Sep 26, 2009
Bad Astronomy Calls Out Australia’s ABC On Vaccine Reporting
Bad Astronomy, a Discover Magazine blog by astronomer Phil Plait that covers bad science and bad science journalism, unveiled a...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 24, 2009
NYTPicker reveals New York Times columnist David Pogue’s secret: “I am not a reporter”
David Pogue, who is described on the New York Times website as "the personal-technology columnist," is claiming he's not a...
by Matthew Nestel on Sep 12, 2009
iGoogle Gadget Grifter’s hijacking of media brands was vast
Parisian-based developer David Pascual's iGoogle gadget scheme for pirating mainstream newspapers' Web traffic was more extensive than the few he...
by Matthew Nestel on Sep 09, 2009
imediaethics IDs iGoogle Gadget Grifter
The faceless man above has been outed by iMediaEthics. His name is David Pascual, and he is the person behind a...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 20, 2009
TechCrunch says: We can publish stolen Twitter documents
eLearnspace reports, "TechCrunch received over 300 documents from an individual who had hacked into Twitter’s network...The information ranges from silly...