by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2019
Toronto Star columnists have ‘freedom to offend’
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English defended columnists' "freedom to offend" in a recent column. In a Nov. 8 public...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Dec 23, 2019
Irish Press Council overrules, Waterford paper’s suicide death story didn’t invade privacy
Ireland's press ombudsman, who handles complaints from the public against member news publications, got it wrong. At least, that's what...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2019
Roundup of 2019 Tips for Reporting, Press regulator & Ombudsman news
iMediaEthics closely follows news from press regulators, ombudsmen, standards editors and others who offer guidance or findings on journalism ethics...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2019
Australian newspaper invaded privacy with wrong $52 million house story
Australia's The Age unpublished a story after wrongly reporting a mansion was going to be sold for $52 million. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2019
OK to say man ‘hijacked’ stage to try for a viral wedding proposal, regulator says
It wasn't inaccurate for the UK Mail to say a man's wedding proposal was set up "in the hopes of...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2019
Otago Daily Times measles cartoon had ‘no redeeming qualities,’ ‘racist quality’
The Otago Daily Times' cartoon making light of the deadly Samoan measles crisis broke press guidelines, the New Zealand media...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2020
Radio New Zealand’s Tonga PM story not balanced
Radio New Zealand broke press guidelines with an unbalanced article about Tonga's Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva, the New Zealand Media...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2020
Toronto Star’s decade of corrections
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English reviewed in a recent column the past decade of corrections from the Canadian newspaper....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2020
New Readers Editor for the Guardian
The Guardian is getting a new readers editor. Paul Chadwick, who began his term as public editor in June 2016,...