by Siobhan Dixon on Mar 17, 2010
Chinese Journalist Zhang Hong fired for Critique of Government
A local reporter failed to sway the Chinese government through journalistic means and instead found himself both under fire––and fired....
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by Siobhan Dixon on Mar 16, 2010
Sued for plagiarism? It can cost you money….
Everybody knows that plagiarism can get you fired from a job or expelled from a university, but less known is that plagiarism...
by Robert Buckman on Mar 15, 2010
For want of a tilde, the spelling is wrong!
What a character! Literally. I refer to the tilde, aka, “the little squiggly thing over the “n” in Spanish. In...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 15, 2010
Jeffrey Goldberg: ‘Atlantic’s Web site has no fact-checking standards’
Columbia Journalism Review's recent study of magazine's Web sites asked editors if their Internet content was copy edited and fact...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 14, 2010
Are You Journalist Enough for a Press Pass?
The perennial “new media” question of who is and who isn’t a journalist also includes: Who gets a press pass? Yes,...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 13, 2010
Toyota Says Whole ABC News Acceleration Test (Not Just Video) Was Faulty
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this week about ABC News’ manipulated video supposedly showing a test of unplanned acceleration in a Toyota vehicle....
by Molika Ashford on Mar 12, 2010
Can Media Bias Ever Be Good? The Ethics of Environment ‘Bias’
Fairness, balance, objectivity, truth, bias… These words get used a lot in discussions of journalistic ethics. But not every journalist...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 11, 2010
Dodge City Reporter Claire O’Brien Fired After Reporters’ Privilege Fight
The embattled Kansas reporter Claire O’Brien--who refused to reveal a confidential source and story notes from her jailhouse interview to Ford County...
by Molika Ashford , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Mar 10, 2010
ABC News Fakes ‘Live-Action’ Video of Toyota Test
Just as in print stories, images and videos that are broadcast on television are subject to editing. And, just as manipulating...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 09, 2010
To Catch a Plagiarist, Set a Trap: More on Zachary Kouwe
In the aftermath of Zachary Kouwe’s plagiarism and departure from the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, the Times' reader’s editor...