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Financial Times’ Twitter the Latest to be Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Hackers posted phony messages on the Financial Times' Twitter accounts and Tech Blog, Editors Weblog reported. The Syrian Electronic Army…

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Twitter Announces 2-Step Verification after Hacks to AP, CBS News, BBC, The Guardian, AFP

Twitter now has a two-step verification process as a way to "better protect your Twitter account," the company announced in…

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Al Jazeera Unpublishes ‘Last of the Semites’ Op-Ed, Admits It ‘should have handled this better’

Al Jazeera unpublished an op-ed column by Joseph Massad titled "Last of the Semites" after deciding the content was questionable…

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Association of Food Journalists Revise Ethics Guidelines to ‘Advance Ethical Standards’

The Association of Food Journalists released a revised set of "Food Critics' Guidelines" to advise food critics on fact checking,…

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NYT Public Editor Calls for One Standard in Using Photoshop, Disclosures

A discussion on Photoshopping images in the news was recently brought up after a New York Times editor told public…

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Did US Justice Dept snooping put AP anonymous sources at risk?

How many anonymous sources were put at risk by the Justice Department's snooping into the Associated Press's phone records? The…

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‘Transgender Issues’ after Apparent Suicide of Teacher Lucy Meadows, PCC to Advise Media

The UK Press Complaints Commission announced last week that it is working on new guidance related to "transgender issues." In…

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Call To Penalize Media Outlets Violating Journalism Ethics in Ghana

Ghana Institute of Journalism rector David Newton called for penalties against media outlets that don't follow journalism standards. Newton also…

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Scott Pelley says it has ‘been a bad few months for journalism’

"We're getting the big stories wrong over and over again," CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley said recently, according to…

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iMediaEthics Nominated as Finalist in Online Media Awards

iMediaEthics is pleased to report that we were named this week as a finalist in the 2013 Online Media Awards…

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