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How Immigration Poll Majorities Are Born In The USA

Pollsters around the country are asking if voters are for or against the new Arizona immigration law.  Problem is, a…

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Readers criticize The New York Times’ City Room blog about the late Hank Jones

Is it ethical for a reporter to go in a recently deceased man’s apartment and then write a blog entry…

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New York Times’ Reports on Richard Blumenthal Questioned by Media Outlets

Starting May 17, The New York Times has published several articles and a 58-second video to call Richard Blumenthal out…

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Shield Laws Update: Called not journalist by NJ Courts, Blogger explains her case

A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that blogger and investigator Shellee Hale is not a journalist and therefore not…

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Wichita Eagle Court Reporter Ron Sylvester Doesn’t Disclose His Wife’s Firm Represents "Pill Mill" Defendants

Wichita Eagle reporter Ron Sylvester has live tweeted from the court room extensively on the cases related to "pill mill"…

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WGN Ch. 9 Chicago Partners With L.L.Bean, Brands Reporters With Logo

Phil Rosenthal reported in The Chicago Tribune May 19 that WGN Channel 9 and L.L.Bean have partnered, exchanging L.L.Bean outerwear for a…

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Australian Media Controversy: Is outing gay politician in the public’s interest?

Australian media is currently figuring out the difference between what’s of public interest and what’s interesting. Australian broadcast news Channel…

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Washington Post’s Public Editor Says the Paper is Improving its Corrections System

The Washington Post’s public editor Andrew Alexander blogged May 18 that the newspaper’s corrections problem is finally improving  Alexander wrote that “readers…

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Snapshot of local reporting: Texas columnist Bud Kennedy calls out TV reporter for biased Tea Party reporting

Like the alleged "blue wall of silence" among police, it is unusual when journalists break a similar grey wall of…

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West Virginia Newspaper Dominion-Post Photoshops 3 Politicians out of Front-Page Photo

A West Virginia newspaper ran a doctored front-page photograph on May 15. The newspaper, Morgantown’s The Dominion Post , Photoshopped three…

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