by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
NBC Reporter’s DUI Prompts Source-Reporter Ethics Questions
The Washington Times' Gayle Falkenthal questioned in December the "distance reporters need to maintain from their sources" after the police...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Bahrain Journalists Association Published Ethics Code Jan. 20
The Bahrain Journalists Association finalized its code of ethics and published it Jan. 20, according to Bahrain News Agency. We...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
AP Updates Social Media Guidelines Again
The Associated Press announced Jan. 17 that it has published an "update of the social media guidelines that were last...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Daily Beast Says ‘Ways to get Smarter’ List Not Product Placement, Advertisement
The New York Post slammed Newsweek/Daily Beast earlier this month for an article titled “31 ways to get smarter in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2012
Johann Hari Not Going Back to the Independent
Journalist Johann Hari is resigning from the UK Independent, the Guardian reported Jan. 20. Hari announced his resignation in a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2012
Fox News Updates, Rewrites Post Accused of Lifting from Atlantic Wire
Fox News lifted an article from the Atlantic Wire, was called out for it, and updated the post with an...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2012
Italian State TV Aired Old Footage of Another Cruise Ship in its Concordia Coverage
Italian state TV news outlet Rai wrongly aired 2010 footage as if it were from the cruise ship Costa Concordia,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2012
New Code of Ethics in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a new "code of ethics for newscasting websites," Sri Lankan news site the Daily News reported. It...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2012
Plagiarism Discussion on Salon
Salon questioned "What is plagiarism" in a "panel debate" that included Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain, Southern Methodist University...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2012
UK Atty General Not Charging Sky News with Contempt over Injunction
We wrote in November when UK attorney general Dominic Grieve began "proceedings for possible contempt of court" charges against the...