by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2014
Topless Sunbathing Photo in Sunday World not OK, PCC Rules
The Sunday World invaded the privacy of a woman named June McKibbin by publishing a topless photo of her and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
UPDATED Photog Responds: Columbia Journalism Review Takes down Photo after Copyright Complaint
Columbia Journalism Review unpublished a photograph after a Cleveland Plain Dealer photo editor complained of copyright violation. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Phone Hacking Scandal Story Wins Business Ethics Award
Here's an ethics award iMediaEthics hasn't heard of: The Joint Professions for Good and Institute for Business Ethics Writings Awards....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2014
Black man with ‘Suspicious activity?’ Dominion Post Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Report
The Dominion Post, a West Virginia newspaper, made national news this week after publishing a three-sentence report saying police were...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2014
2 College Newspapers Stop Naming Students in Police Blotters
The student newspapers for the University of Connecticut and Ohio's Miami University have stopped including names in police blotters, Poynter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2014
‘A mistake’ to not have Ombuds Job, says Patrick Pexton, Fmr WaPo Ombudsman
The Washington Post will at some point replace Doug Feaver as readers representative, its editorial page editor Fred Hiatt told...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2014
Globe & Mail Published 62 Corrections a Month in 2013
The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest circulation national newspaper, published an average of 62 corrections a month (744 for the year)...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2014
WaPo Readers Rep Gone! Doug Feaver Out after less than a year
Washington Post readers representative Doug Feaver is out at the newspaper, Media Matters reported. iMediaEthics asked the Washington Post for...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2014
Hoax alert! Jesse Pinkman & 36 Others not Killed from Marijuana, And Lost’s Jack Shepard isn’t the Doctor
Yet again satire site The Daily Currant duped the Internet with a fake story claiming 37 people in Colorado died...