by Sydney Smith on Apr 11, 2018
BBC Papua New Guinea Documentary Human Planet had Staged Scene
The BBC has admitted this month that a portion of a 2011 documentary on the Korowai people in Papua New...
Papua New Guinea
by Sydney Smith on Feb 22, 2015
Nigerian prostitute photo creates controversy for Papua New Guinea newspaper
Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier used 2012 photos with a 2015 story "Asian Sex Workers Here," the site Papua New Guinea...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 07, 2013
Jared Diamond misleads UK Observer Editor: Libel lawsuit NOT dismissed, voluntarily withdrawn without prejudice
What happened to Jared Diamond’s libel lawsuit where he was sued by two Papua New Guinea tribesmen in 2009? Diamond...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Do Journalists Often Fudge Quotes? Debate over Quoting Ethics
An interesting discussion on the ethics of quoting and paraphrasing interviews is going on among journalists and linguists in the...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
Call for Ethics Code for Pacific Journalists at Media Freedom Seminar
University of the South Pacific professor Crosbie Walsh calls for a "code of ethics for journalists in the Pacific to...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2011
Charges of Fraud Against Papua New Guinea Media Council?
The Papua New Guinea Media Council has been implicated in allegations of fraud, Australia Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported. The council,which...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2010
iMediaEthics’ 2010 Ten Most Read Stories
1. iMediaEthics' exclusive Feb. 18 story by Molika Ashford exposed an undisclosed conflict of interest in Jared Diamond's book review published...
by Paul Sillitoe & Mako John Kuwimb on Apr 28, 2010
Rebutting Jared Diamond’s Savage Portrait
How do tribal communities in developing countries without functioning police, judges, law courts and prisons ensure social stability? This question...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2010
Cambridge U Press backs authors against Jared Diamond’s Nature review
Yesterday, Cambridge University Press publicly backed their authors' protest of Nature journal's review of their book Questioning Collapse that was...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 25, 2010
11 Dead ! Media reports of Papua New Guinea tribal gang gun battle–Untrue
A violent gun battle erupted in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea (SHP PNG)...not really. Even though this...