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5 Arrests in UK Bribery Investigation, Mulcaire Ordered to name Hacking Orders

The UK police arrested four journalists and a police officer on January 28 as part of an investigation into "police…

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Diane Sawyer to Clarify after Alabama Tornado Report Criticized by Local Meteorologist

Diane Sawyer's World News program plans to clarify its Jan. 23 report on an Alabama tornado after complaints from a Birmingham…

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DART Center Publishes Advice on ‘Interviewing Victims’

The DART Center for Journalism & Trauma recently published a tipsheet on "interviewing victims" ethically. The advice came from the…

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Roundup – Misreporting of Joe Paterno’s Death: Corrections, Retractions, Apologies and Social Media

As has been much documented, several media outlets misreported that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 21. …

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DART Center Advises on Reporting on Violence

The DART Center for Journalism & Trauma published a "40-page guide to help journalists, photojournalists and editors report on violence…

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WaPo Public Editor Apologizes for Wrong Blogpost Critical of WaPo

The Washington Post's public editor, Patrick Pexton, apologized Jan. 23 for an inaccurate Jan. 20 blogpost in which he criticized…

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What is Journalistic Purpose of CNN News Show’s Crank Calls?

Comedy Central's Jon Stewart slammed CNN for a segment of its new morning news program, Early Start, Talking Points Memo…

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Nairobi Star Ran 2009 al Shabaab Story as News in 2012, Based Story on Tweets

The Nairobi Star's public editor Karen Rothmyer reported that the newspaper ran old news as if it were new in…

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Journalism Conference in Mysore, India Calls for Self-Regulation of Media, but what about Press Council?

A former Indian state ombudsman, Santoch N Hegde, called for self-regulation in Mysore's media at a Jan. 26 journalism discussion,…

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PolitiFact Oregon Reverses Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement

PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,…

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