by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2011
Suicide Reporting Guidelines for Journalists May be Changed
Reporting guidelines on suicides might change in New Zealand, which has one of the highest rates of youth suicides in...
International Media Ethics News
by David Hill, Special to StinkyJournalism.org on Mar 19, 2011
Found Again? For Umpteenth Time, Same ‘lost tribe’ discovered in Amazon
At the end of last year, the UK's Daily Mail reported the "discovery" of "an Indian tribe lost" in the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2011
Sensational Tsunami, Quake Reports Tracked by Wiki Wall of Shame
A Wiki page called Journalist Wall of Shame has been created, presumedly, to call out bad reports in the media about the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2011
UK PCC Agrees Scottish Daily Mail Guilty of Harassing Student’s Father
The UK Press Complaints Commission agreed with a member of the public who complained that the Scottish Daily Mail was...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2011
Will Proposed UK Libel Reform Law End Libel Tourism?
A draft libel reform bill was proposed to the UK government this week, Journalism.co.uk reported. Journalism.co.uk disclosed that it "has pledged its support...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
WikiLeaks-Based Reports Cause Libel Lawsuits Filed by Indonesian Union
Two Australian newspapers and the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia are being sued by an Indonesian union for $1 billion...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
Daily Star apologizes for fake story on Amir Khan on front page
The UK Daily Star apologized for its Dec. 16 cover article about model and TV personality Katie Price and boxer...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Twitter Must Release WikiLeaks Supporters Info After US Court OKs Govt Subpoena
Information from the Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks and three supporters will be turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Media Monitoring Africa Suggests Adding Children Clauses to Press Code
iMediaEthics previously wrote about the media being criticized for reporting on children in India and South Africa. We wrote to Media...