by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2012
WANTED: Journalism, Design Interns for iMediaEthics
We are looking for journalism and design interns for this summer and fall. iMediaEthics is a not-for-profit, non-partisan media ethics...
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by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2012
EVENT: Panel Discussions on Ethics, Techniques in Reporting on Conflict
The University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication is hosting a "conversation in ethics" May 10, according to a...
by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2012
Seattle Police Subpoenas 6 News Outlets for Protest Footage
The Seattle Police Department has subpoenaed Seattle news outlets for video of protests earlier this month, the Seattle Stranger's associate...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Patent Hoax: Forbes Unpublishes?
A fake story that circulated online May 8 claimed that Abraham Lincoln "patented the basic idea" for Facebook with a...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Hoaxer: ‘Virtually nobody checked with me to ask if it was True’
Blogger Nate St. Pierre, who created the hoax story that Abraham Lincoln patented Facebook, explained why he made up the...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
LAT Readers Rep on the Dentist Hoax
Los Angeles Times readers represenative Deirdre Edgar pointed out that the newspaper reported a hoax story as fact in a...
by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2012
Huffington Post, Mediaite Correct Stories Based on Tweet from Fake NC Governor Account
The Huffington Post and Mediaite both were hoaxed by a spoof Twitter account purporting to belong to North Carolina governor Bev...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2012
School Superintendent Accused of Plagiarizing from Blogger
A Michigan school superintendent plagiarized "396 words out of 437" from education blogger Mike Rutherford, NBC-affiliate WOOD-TV reported. The superintendent,...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2012
Laurie Fine to Sue ESPN for Libel over 2011 Reports, Wants Correction & Retraction
ESPN and the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last year that former Syracuse University ball-boy Bobby Davis accused Bernie Fine of molestation. ...
by David W. Moore on May 18, 2012
CBS/NYTimes Poll Skews the Presidential Vote Question
Asking respondents who they will vote for in the presidential election several months away is a bit problematic. A lot...