by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2011
UK Journalist List of Commandments for Journalists
Tim Radford bested Moses by two-and-one-half times. Radford, a former editor at The Guardian, recently came down from his mountain and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
Guardian to Publish Book on “Real Story” of Working with WikiLeaks
The Guardian has written a book about its "partnership" with WikiLeaks, Journalism.co.uk reported. The book, "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's war...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2010
The Sun Admits Publishing Fake Story about Al-Qaeda Threats
The Sun fessed up to publishing a fake story on its front page earlier this month, Roy Greenslade reported in...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 29, 2010
WikiLeaks Calls 5 News outlets “Partners” in CableGate Leak
Yesterday afternoon, WikiLeaks released its largest document dump yet amidst legal threats, an international manhunt and arrest warrant for its...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2010
Guardian Columnist Defends NY Times On Use Of Anonymous Sources
The Guardian's media writer Roy Greenslade wondered Oct. 11 "what's wrong with anonymous sources in the News of the World...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2010
WikiLeaks Part II: Secret Afghan Documents, News source or news site?
While it's openly an advocacy and whistleblower safe haven, WikiLeaks has also caused a stir by crossing into gray journalistic...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2010
UK Science Journalists Critique Each Other’s Criticisms – Commetnary
A UK journalist's critique of a science article has stirred up some controversy of its own in the blogosphere. But,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2010
Simon Singh Case: British Court Rules Scientific Decisions Shouldn’t be Settled in Courts
A British appeals court has ruled that the courts shouldn’t settle scientific disputes. The court ruled in favor of writer...
by Katie Rolnick on Nov 09, 2009
The Guardian Reader’s Editor Addresses Ethics of Removing Content
We recently wrote about the ethical issues that arise when blog posts are replaced with a different version or removed...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 29, 2009
After Guardian-Trafigura Controversy, British Parliament Debates Laws Gagging Journalists
Two weeks ago a previously silent battle between UK newspaper The Guardian and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV exploded...