Gene Weingarten Notes Serious Issues Behind Washington Post Scuffle
In simultaneously lighthearted and deeply felt take on last week’s Washington Post fisticuffs, Gene Weingarten, an editor and humor columnist…
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AP Defends Jayson Blair As Ethics Lecturer: Calls Lying And Plagiarism Simply “Failure”
Last week Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter now famous for dramatic acts of plagiarism and falsification, spoke at…
Detroit Free Press Takes Editorial Suggestions From Advertiser?
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Nov 1, the Detroit Free Press published a series of stories about the…
Medill Innocence Project Faces Sweeping Subpoenas over Anthony McKinney case
In 1978, Anthony McKinney, then 18 years old, was sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life in prison…
The Case of Amy Wallace: Accurate Vaccine Reporting Inspires Misogynistic Attacks, Threats
iMediaEthics has been working to critique and correct bad vaccine reporting this fall flu season. But this time, instead of…
Former NPR Ombudsman on Why Ombudsmen Matter
If you were wondering why we need ombudsmen (or even what the heck ombudsmen are), Jeffrey Dvorkin, formerly of NPR…
Fox News Chicago Explains Decision to Air Video of 16-year-old Derrion Albert Beaten to Death
On Thursday, September 24, 2009, 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death outside a community center in Chicago's Far South…
Journalism Ethics Textbooks Take New Approach: Case Studies from Gene Foreman’s Book
In his new book, The Ethical Journalist: Making Responsible Decisions in the Pursuit of News, former managing editor of the…
AIDS Denialism Coddled And “Debated” In The Spectator
We’ve written before about the potential harm done when the media report shallowly on medical issues, quote “experts” who aren’t,…
Interview: Poynter’s Bob Steele on CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Conflict of Interest
In an ongoing look at CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s relationship with cyclist Lance Armstrong, StinkyJournalism opened a discussion with…