by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
NYT Adds Editors’ Note to College Drinking Article, 6 Fake Names included in Report
The New York Times quoted or pictured six fake names in a Sept. 27 story, "Last Call for College Bars." ...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2012
South Carolina, Georgia Newspapers Discuss Journalism Ethics at Forum
Editors from the Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette, the Gullah Sentinel and the Savannah Morning News discussed journalism ethics in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2012
Fox News Apologizes for Airing Suicide, ‘We Really Messed Up’
Shepard Smith apologized after Fox News aired live footage of a man killing himself, the New York Times reported. Smith...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 16, 2012
Univ. of Washington Wants a Media Ethics Professor
The University of Washington's Department of Communications is looking for a "full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor who focuses on journalism and communication...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2012
Beef Producer Claims to Have Been Libeled by ABC News, Diane Sawyer
Beef Products Inc. (BPI) is suing ABC News for defamation because it claims that the network's reporters on its "lean...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Arizona’s KPHO Reviewed Raquel Velasco’s Work for Plagiarism, says ASU ‘Alerted’ Station
As we've previously written, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press retracted articles by student writer Raquel Velasco because...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2012
Shepard Fairey Gets Probation for ‘Destroyed Documents,’ Fake ‘Images’ in Copyright Battle with AP
Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Obama Hope poster with an Associated Press photo, was "sentenced to two years...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2012
Plagiarize and be ‘Dismissed’ from School, Says Arizona State University ‘Integrity Policy’
This month, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press apologized for plagiarism by one of its reporters, Raquel Velasco,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2012
Arizona State Press Fires Reporter Raquel Velasco After Plagiarism, Retracts Articles
As we wrote yesterday, Arizona newspaper the East Valley Tribune told readers that it had unpublished "several articles" by an...