Roundup – Misreporting of Joe Paterno’s Death: Corrections, Retractions, Apologies and Social Media
As has been much documented, several media outlets misreported that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 21. …
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DART Center Advises on Reporting on Violence
The DART Center for Journalism & Trauma published a "40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence…
WaPo Public Editor Apologizes for Wrong Blogpost Critical of WaPo
The Washington Post's public editor, Patrick Pexton, apologized Jan. 23 for an inaccurate Jan. 20 blogpost in which he criticized…
What is Journalistic Purpose of CNN News Show’s Crank Calls?
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart slammed CNN for a segment of its new morning news program, Early Start, Talking Points Memo…
Nairobi Star Ran 2009 al Shabaab Story as News in 2012, Based Story on Tweets
The Nairobi Star's public editor Karen Rothmyer reported that the newspaper ran old news as if it were new in…
Journalism Conference in Mysore, India Calls for Self-Regulation of Media, but what about Press Council?
A former Indian state ombudsman, Santoch N Hegde, called for self-regulation in Mysore's media at a Jan. 26 journalism discussion,…
PolitiFact Oregon Reverses a Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement
PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,…
Journalist Says NYT Made ‘Lazy ReWrite’ in Late December Ron Paul Story, NYT Defends
Journalist Julian Sanchez accused the New York Times of publishing a "very light, very lazy rewrite" of a 2008 article…
SPJ Ethics Committee on Checkbook Journalism
The Society of Professional Journalists' ethics committee has published the third in its series of "position papers" about journalism ethics.…
U.S. Government is Training Journalists in Libya
We have written about the U.S. government's training of journalists in countries previously. In September 2010, the U.S. government sent…