by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2013
Bloomberg to Get Ombudsman to Handle Complaints, Standards Editor for Accuracy
Bloomberg LP, which is the parent company for media outlets including Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, said last month that...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2013
Former Sabah Ombuds Yavuz Baydar ‘Will Certainly Take the Firing…to Court,’ Responds to Newspaper’s Criticism of his Work
Sabah, the Turkish newspaper that earlier this summer fired its ombudsman of almost a decade, Yavuz Baydar, has replaced him...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2013
EVENT: Media Ethics on Immigration, ‘Changing Media’ at ASU’s Cronkite School
Three New York Times public editors -- past public editors Clark Hoyt and Barney Calame and current public editor Margaret...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2013
Bloomberg New Standards Editor ‘Inside News’; Ombudsman, ‘Outside News’
Bloomberg L.P. has appointed its first standards editor and its first ombudsman. The company named former New York Times public...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 21, 2013
How New York Times Got Putin Op-Ed and Why it Published it
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan blogged Sept. 12 about Russian president Vladimir Putin's high-profile op-ed for the Times....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 26, 2013
‘All-Asian Mall’ Report Offensive, Australia’s Channel 9 Used ‘Asian’ Term 27 Times’
Australia's Channel Nine apologized recently for a Nov. 7, 2012 report titled "All-Asian Mall." Australian broadcast regulator ACMA called for...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2013
UK Sunday Times Harassed Murderer’s Sister, PCC Rules
The UK Sunday Times harassed a woman whose brother was convicted of murder, the UK Press Complaints Commission ruled recently....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2013
Toronto Star Admits August Article Plagiarized from 2010 Story on Vanity Plates
A Toronto Star reporter plagiarized from another Star reporter, a Public Editor Note revealed. The note posted atop Marc Ellison's...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2013
I ‘Knowingly Plagiarized,’ Star Reporter Committed ‘Professional Harikiri’
In an Oct. 4 column, Toronto Star public editor Kathy English provided a bit more information about a recent plagiarism...