by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2012
Veteran Cape Cod Times Reporter Faked Sources, Editors ‘Heartbroken,’ Start Better Supervision
After finding out one its longtime reporters, Karen Jeffrey, had used fake sources in at least 34 of her stories,...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2012
ESPN Claims It Wasn’t Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop
ESPN apparently does not like giving credit where credit is due. Case in point: After ESPN originally credited sports blog...
by Wasim Ahmad on Dec 05, 2012
Getty Scrubs Caption Error, College Journalist NOT Occupy Wall Street Protestor, But No Correction
Journalism schools are increasingly pushing the "Teaching Hospital" model of learning -- learn by doing, not in a classroom. So...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney ‘Level-Headed Buy’
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. ...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2012
UK Training Group Calls for ‘Compulsory’ Ethics Training for Journalists
The National Council for the Training of Journalists held a Journalism Skills conference in late November. At that conference, the...
by David W. Moore on Dec 05, 2012
Creating Public Opinion About Susan Rice
A recent poll from National Journal, a Washington D.C. "news magazine," finds that a majority of the public would support...
by Alan Bisbort on Dec 05, 2012
What’s worse? NY Post Subway Death Photos or 2 Historic Media Scandals?
Commentary The decision by The New York Post to run, as a cover image, the photograph of a man about...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 04, 2012
Vermont Newspaper Hires Sex Offender for Police, Court Beat? Transparency, Conflict of Interest Questions Raised
A Vermont weekly newspaper questioned a fellow local newspaper's transparency and accountability after finding out that it hired a convicted...
by London Shearer Allen on Dec 04, 2012
Tweets ask Did a man die because a NY Post photographer failed to help?
Yesterday, December 3, 2012, a tragedy unfolded in the underground subway station near Times Square, in New York. Ki-Suck Han...