by Molika Ashford on Dec 25, 2009
Media Run With Fake Santa Story, Warn of Health Risks
With some journalists lamenting that the media don’t take scientists seriously enough, Newsweek has now pointed out that some are...
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by Molika Ashford on Dec 24, 2009
Miami Herald Update: New online reader donations program is success
The Miami Herald has an update on how things are going with its new donations system. Herald Executive Editor Anders...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 23, 2009
Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten’s “secrets that journalists never told you” :
Jim Lehrer made his list of journalism rules public recently for his PBS news program. In a similar but funny...
by David W. Moore on Dec 22, 2009
Gallup’s Biased Poll on Gitmo
According to Gallup’s news release on Dec. 16, 2009, Americans are opposed to closing the prison at Guantanamo and moving...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 21, 2009
Two Newspapers Accepting Reader Donations for Online News
With so many newspapers trying to figure out how to get their readers to pay for web content, it was...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 20, 2009
FactCheck.org on Hacked Climate Change E-mails: The Media “may have contributed to public confusion”
There’s been a lot of media commentary on the hacked emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 19, 2009
Top 10 Media Errors and Corrections from 2009: Craig Silverman’s Highlights
December presents an opportunity for newspapers and other media venues to print an uplifting or solemn retrospective on the year: best...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 18, 2009
Shield Laws & Protecting Anonymous Sources: How Far Should Reporters Go?
Reporters are expected to identify sources; using anonymous sources drains a certain level of credibility from a story, as former...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 17, 2009
NPR’s Planet Money Sponsored By Bank: Is That a Problem?
NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard focused her December 14 column on Planet Money, an NPR podcast/blog and its relationship to its monied-sponsor,...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 17, 2009
Mapping the Loss of Journalism Jobs
Shrinking ranks of staff journalists and a growing pool of freelancers pose ethical problems both for the rights and safety...