by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
MediaBistro to ABC: Stop overusing ‘Exclusive’
MediaBistro's Fishbowl DC called out ABC News for its tagging stories "exclusive." According to Fishbowl DC, ABC News's adding a...
Media's Future
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
PCC to Create ‘Best Practices’ List?
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade reported that the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission's director, Stephen Abell, has been...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 21, 2011
South African Press Council Calls for New Code of Conduct
The Mail and Guardian, a weekly newspaper based in Johannesburg, reported that South Africa's press council has called for a...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 22, 2011
Study: NYT, Wash Post Use Fewer Anonymous Sources Now than 40 Years Ago
Are newspapers really using fewer anonymous sources? A recently released study looked into anonymous source use at The New York Times and...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2011
Filipino Professors call for Tabloid Reform
Filipino news site The Inquirer reported that professors from the University of Philippines Cebu College are calling for the area's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2011
No More ‘Fairness Doctrine’
The Federal Communications Commission axed "the Fairness Doctrine and 83 other 'outdated and obsolete media-related rules,'" Fox News reported. According...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
NDakota Reporter Lee Morris Quits, Claims Newspaper Suppresses Critical Letters to the Editor
The editor, Lee Morris, wrote a "scathing column about concerns" with the newspaper, the Valley City Times-Record, in mid-August. His criticisms...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2011
Dan Gillmor on Op-Eds:
Dan Gillmor criticized the media's willingness to publish op-eds that are ghost-written or essentially "public relations tactics" in a column...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2011
Ghana Media Influenced by Politicians?
Cornelius Pratt argued that there is "a distinction between journalism as a duty and journalism as a mission," Ghana Broadcasting...