by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
Nepali Journalist: Media Needs to be ‘Responsible to Society’
Nepali journalist Kishore Nepal addressed the change in Nepal's media during his 30-year-plus career, Nepal Monitor reported. According to the...
Media's Future
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: Submit Abstracts of Media Ethics Papers to Reuters Institute
Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism announced a call for papers from "Faculty, doctoral students and practitioners"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Nonprofit News Site NewsTrust Closes as ‘Consumer Destination’
In a January post, NewsTrust's Fabrice Florin announced NewsTrust was closing. The site identified itself as a "nonprofit news service"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2012
Irish Broadcaster RTE Must be Transparent in Father Reynolds Libel Case, Sean Gallagher Fake Tweet
This past week, Sarah McInerney, a reporter for the Sunday Times of Ireland, contacted us for our thoughts on the high...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Moroccan Media Regulation Discussed
Morocco's Ministry of Communication addressed media ethics, media regulation and more during a March 10 "study day," Magharebia reported. Morocco's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2012
Liberian Journalist Threatened after Expose Published, CPJ calls for Her Safety
Advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists called on Liberia's president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to guarantee the "safety" of Liberian...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2012
Canadian Child Rape-Murder Case Prompts Ethical Questions of Crime Reporting
Readers questioned the Toronto Star's detailed coverage of the murder of 8-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, Toronto Star public editor Kathy...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2012
News Sites Unpublish Story About Malia Obama’s Spring Break Trip at White House Request for Privacy, Security
News sites have taken down stories about 13-year-old Malia Obama, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's daughters, Mediaite reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2012
Guardian explains How It Fact Checked Leaked Assad e-mails
The Guardian explained in a March 14 post how it verified the "cache of 3,000 emails" from Syria's leader Bashar...