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Why WashPost Didn’t Use Pic of Teen Athletes in ‘Native American Warrior Garb’

The Washington Post's outgoing ombudsman Patrick Pexton addressed two different cases of how the newspaper has sensitively handled reporting on Native…

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Derren Brown Calls the UK Sun’s Story He’s Turning a Gay Man Straight ‘Rubbish’

British television illusionist Derren Brown has denied a newspaper's report that he will turn a straight man gay on live…

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IDing Sex Assault Victim ‘Alarming’ says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

The UK Daily Mirror was fined £1,200 after breaking the UK Sexual Offences Act 1992 with its 2011 story naming…

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Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism

Bangkok, Thailand newspaper the Daily News named and photographed a victim of gang rape, but later took down the identifying…

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Editor regrets ‘Overwhelmingly White’ T magazine, says NYT Public Editor?

The New York Times plans to include more diversity in its future issues of T: The Times Style Magazine, the…

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UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student’s Suicide After PCC complaint

The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed…

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The Last Boston Globe Ombudsman was not fired, Got that?

iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month about Washingtonian's reporting that the end of the Washington Post's ombudsman's office might be near. …

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Last WaPo Ombudsman? Washington Post’s Pexton says ‘No Final Decision’ made

It looks like the Washington Post's ombudsman office might actually end up "empty" after all. As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this…

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Daniel Morel wins, Agence France-Presse, Washington Post can’t distribute tweeted Haiti photos

A New York District Judge ruled that it was a violation of copyright law for Agence France-Presse and the Washington Post…

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Withhold naming victim? Tackle Tough Ethical Choices in group says Ohio Editor

In a recent talk to graduate journalism students, Bruce Winges, editor of the Beacon Journal, an Akron, Ohio daily newspaper, advocated…

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