by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Gawker’s Seth Abramovitch Fired for Post with Racial Slur
Gawker's Seth Abramovitch was fired Jan. 5 after his blogpost about rapper Kanye West's tweets, the New York Observer reported....
Media Business Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2012
Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes
Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Copy Editing Checklist
Pam Nelson at the American Copy Editors Society published a list of "10 tips for copy editors" Jan. 2. Nelson,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Leveson Inquiry Months 1-3 Costs $1.3 Million
The UK Leveson Inquiry is reviewing the "culture, practice and ethics of the press," as we have written. The inquiry's...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., joined Twitter earlier this week, the Associated Press confirmed. The AP reported that News...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2012
Cleveland Plain Dealer Readers Editor Defends Story on Obese Child, Denies Sensationalism
Cleveland Plain Dealer public editor Ted Diadiun defended the newspaper's story on a "severely obese" third-grader "removed from his home"...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2012
Copyright Company Righthaven Being Sued by Process Server?
2011 ended with more trouble for Righthaven, the copyright company that has been suing on behalf of the Las Vegas...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2012
Toronto Star Ran 366 Corrections in 2011
The Toronto Star ran 366 corrections this year, according to public editor Kathy English. who also said verification is the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2012
Washington Post Had 875 Print Corrections in 2011
Meanwhile, Washington Post' public editor Patrick Pexton reported that the newspaper ran 875 print corrections in 2011, the lowest number of...