by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2020
Reporting on Suicide in Taiwan: New Law Restricts
Reporting on suicide in Taiwan? There's a new law that dictates the amount of information media can report. And if...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2020
Oklahoma newspaper apologizes for April Fools’ Day prank that students needed to repeat a grade
Oklahoma newspaper the Sapulpa Times published an April Fools' Day prank story falsely claiming that the local school was going...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2020
CBS uses Italian hospital footage in NYC coronavirus report
CBS News used a video footage from an Italian hospital room in a story on the coronavirus pandemic in New...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2020
Can COVID-19 last on glass? How many ventilators? And, the cost of direct cash payments
The following is a roundup of newsworthy and noteworthy mistakes in reporting on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic. A March...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2020
Reuters retracts Coronavirus FDA test story. Was it April Fools’ hoax?
Reuters published a story today claiming that a company called Bodysphere had received FDA authorization for a test for coronavirus....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2020
Ugandan media council issues guidelines for reporting on coronavirus
The Ugandan Media Council has issued new guideline for reporting on coronavirus. The guidelines, according to Ugandan news site PML...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2020
Why Seattle public radio won’t air White House coronavirus briefings live
Seattle NPR-affiliate KUOW announced March 25 that it will no longer air White House coronavirus briefings live. "After airing the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2020
MSNBC corrects Coronavirus killing 50% of population tweet
MSNBC tweeted a quote from host Chris Hayes that read, "There is no option to just let everyone go back...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 30, 2020
Ugandan news story on coronavirus ‘classic example of how not to report’
Uganda's The Daily Monitor published an article that was a "classic example of how not to report about coronavirus," public...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 29, 2020
Toronto Star used old stock photo with new Coronavirus story
The Toronto Star removed a stock photo from an article about coronavirus after one of the people pictured complained. Why?...