WaPo Bloggers Not Following Anonymous Sources Guidelines
The Washington Post's public editor, Andrew Alexander, criticized Post bloggers for disregarding the Post's standards on anonymous sources. "Staff-written news…
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iMediaEthics’ 2010 Ten Most Read Stories
1. iMediaEthics' exclusive Feb. 18 story by Molika Ashford exposed an undisclosed conflict of interest in Jared Diamond's book review published…
Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Sues Over WikiLeaks Cable Claim She Profited From Blood Diamonds
Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, filed a $15 million lawsuit against the weekly Standard newspaper over the…
WSJ Corrects Trend Story: Fewer 4BR+ Manhattan Apartments, NOT More
Sandy Mattingly blogged Dec. 14, criticizing the Wall Street Journal for its recent trend story about "large Manhattan families snubbing…
CNN Hoaxed by Fake Tweet that Morgan Freeman Died
Morgan Freeman died? CNN and Morgan Freeman were both recently the victims of Twitter hoaxes. A fake message claiming that Morgan…
Sienna Miller Sues After News of the World Phone Hacking Claims
In the latest twist of a phone-hacking scandal, actress Sienna Miller has accused News of the World of violating her…
‘Using Tweets to Interview’ : Are 140 Character Twinterviews the Future of Journalism?
Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC wondered if "Twinterviews" is the "new journalism" ? Twinterviews says it is a combination of Twitter +…
New York Times Editor Bill Keller: “I don’t regard Julian Assange as a kindred spirit.”
The New York Times' executive editor Bill Keller criticized Julian Assange again, this time in a Nieman Journalism Lab talk…
TIME Person of the Year: TIME Readers Pick Julian Assange, TIME Vetoes and Picks Mark Zuckerberg
Even though readers selected Julian Assange as TIME magazine's Person of the Year, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, "who finished 10th…
UK Press Complaints Commission to Approve Where Corrections are Placed
Effective Jan. 1, UK newspapers must pre-determine with the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) "the prominence of corrections stemming from a complaint,"…