by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2011
Readers Say NYT Texas Gang Rape Story Blames Victim
New York Times public editor, Arthur Brisbane, joined readers in criticizing the newspaper's March 9 story about a Texas gang rape of an...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2011
National Union of Journalists Pays Member Suzanne Breen For Libel Settlement
The National Union of Journalists, a UK journalists association, has agreed to pay investigative journalist Suzanne Breen an undisclosed libel settlement over a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2011
Bribe Offered to Toronto Star Reporter to Unpublish Story
Kathy English, the Toronto Star's public editor, published a 2009 survey about the growing requests for unpublishing -- the term for...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
NYT Corrects Error: Irish Prime Minister is a Man, not a Woman
The New York Times corrected its March 10 article after referring to Ireland's new prime minister as a woman. However, as...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Twitter Must Release WikiLeaks Supporters Info After US Court OKs Govt Subpoena
Information from the Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks and three supporters will be turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Media Monitoring Africa Suggests Adding Children Clauses to Press Code
iMediaEthics previously wrote about the media being criticized for reporting on children in India and South Africa. We wrote to Media...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Media Needs to Report in Context
The Dallas News' editor Michael Landauer questioned why the media is "so bad at providing context." "I've always been interested...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
New Study: Readers Want Active Reporting?
Ohio State University announced in a press release that a new research study (published in the Journal of Communication) found that...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2011
South African Survey: 69% Have Ethics Codes, 21% Use it
The South African National Press Club surveyed journalists to learn about newsroom ethics, Times Live reported. According to the survey...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2011
New WikiLeaks Partner Launches FrenchLeaks, Canadian Man Launches QuebecLeaks
In the past week, at least two new leak publication sites have launched. In France, FrenchLeaks has launched. FrenchLeaks is "a...