by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
NUJ Wants Inquiry into Scottish Media for Issues of Independence, Privacy
The UK National Union of Journalists wants a Scottish government-run "inquiry into the future of the country's media," the Guardian's...
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by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
Call for Ethics Code for Pacific Journalists at Media Freedom Seminar
University of the South Pacific professor Crosbie Walsh calls for a "code of ethics for journalists in the Pacific to...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
Indonesian Press Council to Media: No Biased Election Reporting
The Indonesian Press Council called for the media to avoid biased reporting on the upcoming July elections, the Jakarta Post...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
UK Atty General: Anonymous Tweeters Don’t have ‘Immunity’
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve "warned" UK tweeters about potential libel cases over tweets, Agence France-Presse reported. Grieve noted that...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2012
South Africa’s Daily Sun Publishes Images from Gang Rape Video
The South African Daily Sun ran a front-page photo last month of a minor-aged girl "being gang-raped," Politics Web reported....
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
OfCom Looking into ‘What’s the most offensive term to describe someone with learning difficulties’ Poll
UK broadcast regular OfCom is looking into a UK TV host's poll asking "what's the most offensive term to describe...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
China Government Newspaper Calls for Int’l Media to Follow Ethics
China's Communist Party's newspaper Global Times called for the international media to "take an objective and balanced view toward the...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
LAT Readers Rep on the Dentist Hoax
Los Angeles Times readers represenative Deirdre Edgar pointed out that the newspaper reported a hoax story as fact in a...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
2 Chilean Editors Say TV Network Censored Investigation
Two Chilean editors, Patricio Ovando and Pilar Rodriguez, resigned from TV station Channel 13 because they said the station was...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Charges against UK Spectator for Violating Court Order on Murder Trial Reporting
The UK "literary entertainment" magazine The Spectator has been charged by the police for "breaching reporting restrictions" over a November article...