by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2011
Is New Yorker’s Steve Jobs Cover Distatesful?
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder, died Oct. 5. Stories on Jobs have dominated news coverage in the days after. But...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2011
Libel Suit against Student Newspaper Dismissed
Student Press Law Center wrote Oct. 7 that a Nebraska judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that University of Nebraska student...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2011
News International Donates Proceeds from Last Issue
As iMediaEthics previously wrote, News International announced that it would donate its proceeds from the last issue of News of the World....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2011
UK Regulator Investigating ITV News Error
As iMediaEthics wrote in late September, UK news station ITV News apologized after it aired fake images from a video game...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2011
Liberian Journalists to ‘Preach Peace’?
During a late September media ethics conference, 75 Liberian journalists agreed to "preach peace prior, during and after Liberia's October...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2011
AJR on Sarah Palin Addiction
In light of Sarah Palin's early October announcement that she would not be running for president in 2012, American Journalism...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2011
Montreal Gazette Questions Lines between Reporting and Entertainment
The Montreal Gazette's Misty Narris commented on journalists who cross over to entertainment in a recent column. Narris highlighted the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2011
RTE Apologizes for Wrongly Accusing Priest of Rape, Fathering Child
Irish public broadcaster RTE apologized to Father Kevin Reynolds of Galway, Ireland, after wrongly reporting accusations that the Catholic priest "fathered a...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2011
News of the World Phone Hacking Victim Kelly Hoppen Settles
News of the World settled with one of the many people accusing the now-closed newspaper of phone hacking. Interior designer...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2011
Wall Street Journal Europe Publisher Resigns after Ethics Violation
The Wall Street Journal's European edition published two articles in the past year because of its "relationship with a Dutch...