Abraham Lincoln Facebook Hoaxer: ‘Virtually nobody checked with me to ask if it was True’
Blogger Nate St. Pierre, who created the hoax story that Abraham Lincoln patented Facebook, explained why he made up the…
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Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition Contacting Media Outlets to Advise How to Report on Suicide
J-Source, the Canadian Journalism Project, questioned recently "Has there been a shift in the way suicide is reported?" According to…
News Outlets Retract Fake Story that Dentist Pulled All Her Ex’s Teeth
MSNBC broke down a sensational hoax story that made it through the international media after apparently originating in the UK…
Egyptian Media Workshop on Journalism Independence & Access
During an April workshop called "Media Coverage Monitoring and Enhancement during the Democratic Transitional Phase" in Egypt, journalists discussed "the negative…
Bias, Sensationalism, Anonymous Sources All Problems in Cambodia’s Media
Cambodia's Phnom Penh Post published an article calling for the country to create "an independent self-regulation mechanism and a journalists'…
Bahrain’s King Calls for Fact Checking
Bahrain's King Hamad advocated for pre-publication fact-checking and journalism ethics, the Gulf Daily News reported. Hamad also "urged reporters to…
Ghana Journalists Association Wants Broadcasting Law to Regulate, Enforce Ethics & Standards
Ghana's Journalists Association called for a broadcasting law to help avoid the broadcast of "abusive, threatening, hate speech or otherwise…
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Patent Hoax: Forbes Unpublishes?
A fake story that circulated online May 8 claimed that Abraham Lincoln "patented the basic idea" for Facebook with a…
WANTED: Journalism, Design Interns for iMediaEthics
We are looking for journalism and design interns for this summer and fall. iMediaEthics is a not-for-profit, non-partisan media ethics…
EVENT: Panel Discussions on Ethics, Techniques in Reporting on Conflict
The University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication is hosting a "conversation in ethics" May 10, according to a…