by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2019
Best Practices for Reporting on Suicide: Recent Case Studies after Parkland, Sandy Hook deaths
Suicide has been in the news cycle this week with the deaths of two teenagers who survived the Parkland High...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2019
The Economist offends with transgender sterilization tweet
The Economist tweeted, "Should transgender people be sterilised before they are recognised?" That is the first line of its March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2019
Australia’s Channel 7 tweets, deletes photo of Tayla Harris kick over ‘reprehensible’ comments from trolls
Channel 7 Australia posted a picture of Australian Football League player Tayla Harris kicking a goal on its Facebook page,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2019
New Zealand mosque attacks: Globe & Mail ‘understated’ in print edition, Toronto Star needs terrorism guidelines
Days after the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques terrorism attacks, public editors for both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2019
Mark Geragos out at CNN after Michael Avenatti arrest
CNN cut ties with legal analyst Mark Geragos after news outlets reported, based on anonymous sources, that he was the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2019
New York Times publishes pre-written Brexit story with 2 different vote results
The New York Times published a news story on this month's Brexit vote but included pre-written text that clearly the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2019
Why Guardian named the New Zealand mosque shooter
While New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern called on the media to not name the accused who killed more than...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2019
No, EU doesn’t have national service, UK paper says letter to editor was satirical
A British newspaper published a letter to the editor about Brexit that it thought readers would know was ironic. But...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2019
UK Express Misquotes Jeremy Corbyn about Saddam Hussein
The UK Express misattributed a quote about Saddam Hussein to Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK Labour Party. The...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2019
Why was it OK for the UK Times to publish audio of children being bullied?
It wasn't an invasion of privacy for the UK Sunday Times to publish an audio clip of children being bullied...