by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
Connie Schultz, Journalist Wife of Senator, Resigns
Connie Schultz has left the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Poynter's Jim Romenesko wrote Sept. 19. Schultz explained that she is resigning...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
News Corp cuts Phone Hacking Joke from Emmys
News Corp. cut a phone-hacking scandal joke from a segment scheduled for Sept. 18's Emmy awards, Entertainment Weekly reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Toronto Star Public Ed Questions if it’s OK for Sports Writers to Choose Baseball’s MVP
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English argued against sports journalists voting for Most Valuable Player in a recent column. As...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Accuracy Tips from Craig Silverman
Columbia Journalism Review's Craig Silverman collected "eight simple rules for doing accurate journalism" in a recent column. Silverman's first tip...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Mediaite Criticizes Journalists who Let Bachmann HPV Vaccine Error Go Unchecked
Michele Bachmann's inaccurate statement that "the HPV vaccine is 'dangerous'" has been called out by "fact-check segments," but at least...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
San Antonio Express-News Public Editor: Don’t Read into Political Stories
The San Antonio Express-News' public editor Bob Richter wrote earlier this month that journalists "must stay out of politics." In...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2011
Canadian Judge Says Libel Rules Different Online versus Newspaper?
Is libel law different online than in print? Or, was a recent Canadian libel suit dismissed just because the comments...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2011
Quebec Journalists’ Group: Why ‘Professional Status’ for Journalists is OK
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month, Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre suggested the idea of licensing journalists. We wrote to the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2011
NYT Adds 3 Corrections to Darrell Issa Story, Issa still calling for Retraction
As iMediaEthics previously wrote, California congressman Darrell Issa criticized the New York Times' mid-August report on him. Issa's office challenged the Times on a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2011
LAT Readers Complain over Kardashian Advertisement on Front Page
Los Angeles Times readers have again complained about the newspaper's "wraparound" advertisements, LATimes readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote Sept. 15,...