by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Bahrain to Get Media Council
Bahrain will soon have an "independent high media council," Gulf News reported. Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry advised the creation...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Advises Staff on Responding to Reader Concerns
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton called on the Post's staff to be more responsive and polite to readers...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2012
Filipino Media Criticized for Coverage of Tropical Storm
PJR Reports criticized some of the Filipino media's coverage of tropical storm Sendong, which hit the Philippines in December of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2012
Pakistani Group Publishes Gender-Sensitive Code of Ethics
In January, advocacy group White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan, a group that focuses on "involving and sensitizing the media" and campaigning...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
Bulgarian Media Council on Nikolay Barekov Tearing up Newspaper
Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media ruled that it was OK for TV7's host Nikolay Barekov to rip up a newspaper...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: AEJMC Calls for Media Ethics Papers
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication announced a call for papers about media ethics in a recent...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
Mirror Group Newspapers to Pay £75,000 for Libelous Claim man is Sex Offender
Mirror Group Newspapers must pay a man " £75,000 in damages" for The People's libelous claims in a September 2010...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
Australian Govt. Inquiry into Press Calls for Govt Funded, Independent Regulator
The Australian government published an "independent report" analyzing media regulation called for a new "News Media Council" with regulatory powers...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
Pittsburgh TV Station Hoaxed by ‘Spoof’ Football Story, Corrects on Air
Pittsburgh TV news WPXI aired information from a "spoof report" about the Pittsburgh Steelers' football star Hines Ward, Media Bistro's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2012
Daily Mail Unpublishes Sensational Science Story after PCC Complaint
The UK Daily Mail unpublished a sensational article headlined "Is a Super-Volcano Just 390 Miles from London Ready to Blow?"...