by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2011
James O’Keefe Soliciting Donations
James O'Keefe is soliciting for $30,000 in donations, Talking Points Memo reported. O'Keefe is the conservative activist who taped and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2011
Alicia Shepard’s Last NPR Ombud Column: NPR Needs More Diversity, Better Corrections System
Alicia Shepard, who has served as National Public Radio's ombudsman since 2007, said "adios" to NPR in her final column...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2011
NPR Wrong? Robot Journalist Better Writer than Human PR person, not Human Sports Reporter
As iMediaEthics has previously reported, journalists might have new competition: robots. Robot journalists, or what blog Fangirltastic nicknamed "robournalist" and "journobot," consist...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2011
NPR Ombudsman On Being NPR’s Ombudsman
In an interview with Columbia Journalism Review, NPR's ombudsman Alicia Shepard commented on what it's like to have her job. ...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2011
Bill Keller’s NYT Column Criticized for Errors, Misrepresenting Quotes
A recent column by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller' for NYT Magazine has been criticized for a clear factual...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2011
James O’Keefe’s NPR Sting: NPR Never Took $5 Million, Glenn Beck Questions Editing
After the firing of Ron Schiller and the resignation of Vivian Schiller, NPR has reiterated that it never accepted the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2011
NPR CEO Out After Undercover Video Comments by Fundraising Chief
National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigned yesterday, the day after conservative activist James O'Keefe released a secretly recorded video of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2011
NPR Task Force Advises on Ethics
Current.org, a biweekly public media newspaper, reported that NPR's ethics task force completed its recommendations for the public radio organization's ethics code...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2011
NPR Apologizes, Corrects Stories Claiming Congresswoman Gabby Giffords Died
The mass shooting in Arizona on Jan. 8 left six people dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords "seriously wounded," but some news outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2011
NPR Review of Juan Williams Firing Completed, Ellen Weiss, VP, Resigns
National Public Radio released a statement about the results of its investigation into the October firing of analyst Juan Williams,...