by Sydney Smith on Sep 16, 2010
The Ethics of Reporting on Suicides
Edward Wasserman, journalism ethics professor at Washington and Lee University, blogged recently about the ethics of reporting on suicides. Wasserman's...
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2010
Ghostwriters for Drug Company Wyeth behind Dozens of Journal Articles?
A researcher claims that the drug manufacturer Wyeth hired a communications firm to write articles for medical journals that would...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2010
TIME Posts Twitter Photo with its 2010 NYC Storm Blog; Photo’s Really from 1976
Time magazine's Steven James Snyder featured a photo he found on Twitter with his blog about the Sept 16, 2010 storm...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2010
New York Times Corrects Alzheimer’s Study Article after Public Editor Inquiry
Arthur Brisbane, the new New York Times public editor, devoted his first report for the Times on an article about...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2010
Public Editor: Toronto Star Should have Reported Newborn’s Death
The Toronto Star's public editor, Kathy English, explained in her Sept. 25 column that "newspapers have a duty to report...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2010
Blogger Warns of Astroturf News Comments Written with a Motive
It's hard enough to tell the difference between editorials and advertorials. Indeed, in just the past few years, several cases have popped...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2010
Danish Press Council Bans Reporting from Facebook Accounts with Friends Only setting
The Danish Press Council ruled Oct. 13 that journalists can't report information found on private Facebook accounts, global news agency...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2010
NASA Accused of “Conspiracy” after Photoshop?
Even though a planetary scientist and blogger for the Planetary Society disclosed and clearly explained her Photoshopped image of Saturn's moons,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
Tweets Lead to Arrests, Libel Suits, Fines in British Courts
Media Briefs... In the U.K. this week, a politician was arrested, a cricket player has been sued for libel, and...