West Virginia Journalists Get Shield Law
Journalists in West Virginia will be protected under a recently signed shield law, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…
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Moviefone Editor Fired After E-mail Offerring to Fired Freelancers They Can Work for Free
Media Bistro wondered if AOL is "scapegoating" Patricia Chui, the recently-fired Moviefone editor. Chui e-mailed AOL's Moviefone freelancers this week …
Center for Public Integrity start up: iWatchNews
Center for Public Integrity is starting an investigative journalism news site called iWatchNews next week, Mediaite reported. Articles will be…
Why is the NY Daily News Publishing Nose Picking Celebrity Photos?
Images of people with their eyes closed used to be thrown away...yet a photo gallery on the New York Daily…
San Antonio Express-News Kills Column Critical of Big Advertiser
The San Antonio Express-News pulled an article critical of a big advertiser, Poynter's Jim Romenesko reported. The article, a column by staffer Scott Stroud,…
NBC News Criticized for Not Reporting on General Electric’s 2010 Tax Filings
Last week, mainstream news outlets like ABC News and Fox News reported on the New York Times' article about General Electric Co.…
Anniston Star Editor Defends Publishing Video of Minor in Jail
An Alabama newspaper editor explained the newspaper's decision to publish an anonymously-submitted video of a sheriff "physically confronting" a minor in…
Paid News? Hospital TV Sponsorship Blurs Advertising & Editorial Content
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch highlighted blurred lines between advertising and news with a new TV sponsorship agreement in St. Louis between…
Old Word Wolf Blogger Explains How She Spotted Plagiarism
iMediaEthics wrote last week about Joe Valley, who plagiarized from the American Diabetes Association's website in his story for the Charlotte…
Apologies After Vernon Ethics Advisor Featured in Advertorial, not News Story
iMediaEthics wrote this weekend about former California attorney general John Van de Kamp, who is currently serving as the ethics advisor…