by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2017
Turning Water into Power? PBS NewsHour Yanks Report after Reader Complaints
PBS's NewsHour unpublished a report claiming a Greek inventor is creating a way to turn water into power after many...
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2016
Daily Mail Cruelly Compared Woman’s Mugshot to a Zombie from Walking Dead
The Daily Mail should be ashamed of itself after comparing a woman to a zombie from the AMC television series,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 05, 2016
Was it OK for Australian newspapers to Disclose HIV/AIDs status of Dead Man?
The Sun-Herald and the Sydney Morning Herald, two Australian newspapers, reported on a man's death and his secretive life, including that...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2016
NYTimes Op-Ed on Facebook & Fake News Needed More Disclosure, Public Editor Says
The New York Times published an op-ed calling for Facebook not to fact check after public discussion of the social...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2016
The Verge fires editor who secretly got job at Apple
A Verge deputy editor, Chris Ziegler, was secretly working for Apple almost the entire summer without disclosing it to his editors....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 22, 2016
Australian news outlet paid $75K for interview with Belle Gibson, who faked Cancer
Australia's Channel Nine paid blogger Belle Gibson $75,000 for an exclusive interview after she was busted for faking brain cancer....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2016
Jane Sutton Doesn’t have Cancer, UK News Didn’t Fact Check Before Publication
A UK newspaper, the Express & Star, mistakenly reported on its front page that a woman has been battling cancer Now...
by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2016
Ezekial Stephan Coverage didn’t need Naturopathy Balance, Public Editor Says
A Canadian toddler named Ezekiel Stephan died from meningitis in 2012 and his parents, David and Collet Stephan, who treated him...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2016
Science Mag axes Michael Balter after 25 years, Denies it was over Sexual Misconduct story
Journalist Michael Balter was fired last month from Science magazine after 25 years with the publication. Balter blogged to announce...