by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2017
NPR Needs Transparency with Corrections, Public Editor says
National Public Radio doesn't give corrections enough on-air prominence, public editor Elizabeth Jensen recently argued. While NPR does post corrections...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2017
South African Newspaper Wrong to Claim Business Owner Bribed for Tax Debt Forgiveness
South Africa's City Press accused a man of bribing a government official to forgive a tax debt. City Press, a Sunday...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2017
Daily Star Published Photo of Person who wasn’t missing in Ariana Grande Manchester Bombing
In the panic after the Manchester bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert earlier this year, which killed 22 and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 22, 2017
‘World leaders were duped over global warming?’ IPSO rules against Mail on Sunday’s climate change story
The UK Mail on Sunday claimed "world leaders were duped over global warming" and had been "convinced" to invest to...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 21, 2017
PBS names Madhulika Sikka its next public editor, ombudsman
Madhulika Sikka will be PBS's next ombudsman, iMediaEthics has learned from PBS. Sikka is a former executive editor of National...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2017
Scottish Newspapers Made it Possible to ID Sex Crime Victim
The Daily Record and the Paisley Daily Express, based in Glasgow, Scotland, made it possible for a sex crime victim...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2017
Toronto Star Undercover Reporting at Fiera Foods Plant was in Public Interest, Public Editor Says
It was in the public interest and "most certainly justified" for the Toronto Star to go undercover at Toronto industrial...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2017
ESPN public editor responds to Jemele Hill tweets, ESPN says ‘not a political organization’
ESPN public editor Jim Brady weighed in on the Jemele Hill tweets calling Donald Trump a white supremacist that stirred...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2017
Toronto Star on What Gets a Correction
The Toronto Star started a weekly "trust initiative" in May to show "readers behind the scenes of our journalism." In early...