by Robert Buckman on Mar 15, 2010
For want of a tilde, the spelling is wrong!
What a character! Literally. I refer to the tilde, aka, “the little squiggly thing over the “n” in Spanish. In...
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by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 15, 2010
Jeffrey Goldberg: ‘Atlantic’s Web site has no fact-checking standards’
Columbia Journalism Review's recent study of magazine's Web sites asked editors if their Internet content was copy edited and fact...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 14, 2010
Are You Journalist Enough for a Press Pass?
The perennial “new media” question of who is and who isn’t a journalist also includes: Who gets a press pass? Yes,...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 13, 2010
Toyota Says Whole ABC News Acceleration Test (Not Just Video) Was Faulty
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this week about ABC News’ manipulated video supposedly showing a test of unplanned acceleration in a Toyota vehicle....
by Molika Ashford on Mar 12, 2010
Can Media Bias Ever Be Good? The Ethics of Environment ‘Bias’
Fairness, balance, objectivity, truth, bias… These words get used a lot in discussions of journalistic ethics. But not every journalist...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 11, 2010
Dodge City Reporter Claire O’Brien Fired After Reporters’ Privilege Fight
The embattled Kansas reporter Claire O’Brien--who refused to reveal a confidential source and story notes from her jailhouse interview to Ford County...
by Molika Ashford , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 10, 2010
ABC News Fakes ‘Live-Action’ Video of Toyota Test
Just as in print stories, images and videos that are broadcast on television are subject to editing. And, just as manipulating...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 09, 2010
To Catch a Plagiarist, Set a Trap: More on Zachary Kouwe
In the aftermath of Zachary Kouwe’s plagiarism and departure from the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, the Times' reader’s editor...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 08, 2010
CJR Study : Magazines’ Web Content Copy editing is done ‘Less Rigorously’
This week, the Columbia Journalism Review published the results of their survey of editorial practices at magazine Web sites (Web...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 07, 2010
Robert Niles : Journalism Should Embrace Online News Aggregation
“What’s the difference between aggregation and creating journalism?” Robert Niles asks in a March 2 post at the Online Journalism...