by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
PCC Explains Request to Include Reporters’ Tweets in Jurisdiction
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month, the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission may start regulating reporters' and news...
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by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
Tabloids Aren’t Unethical, Says South African Editor Wally Mbele
At a conference debating if South Africa can produce tabloid journalism, the editor-in-chief of South African tabloid Sunday World challenged claims that...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
Twitter Debate on Online Linking
Gigaom.com senior writer Mathew Ingram posted highlights from a Twitter debate about linking in news stories. The "discussion" included staff...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Journalists & Sources Should Not Fear Each Other, Says Former SPJ Prez Fred Brown
Last year, the Society of Professional Journalists publicly "denounced" ABC, NBC, CNN and CBS for paying sources -- or, as...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Colorado Judge freezes 35 Righthaven lawsuits against Bloggers
According to Wired.com, a Colorado judge "froze" 35 lawsuits filed by copyright-enforcement agency Righthaven as he looks into Righthaven's ability to...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Botox Mom: Hoax Story & Checkbook Journalism?
What's ethically worse in the "Botox Mom" hoax story? The fact that news outlets like ABC News and the UK...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
National Labor Board says it’s OK for Arizona Star newspaper to fire reporter for tweets
The National Labor Board ruled that the Arizona Daily Star didn't break the law for firing a reporter for "inappropriate...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Churnalism at Three UK newspapers?
UK blog Tabloid Watch spotted what it calls "churnalism" at the Daily Mail, the Mirror and the Express. As Tabloid...
by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
Criticism of Proposed Media Council in Kurdistan
A Kurdistan university's media department has proposed a law to create a "high media council" but there's both confusion and...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2011
Fired ABC-23 Meteorologist Responds to iMediaEthics about his Strip Club Story Protest
iMediaEthics wrote last week about Jack Church, a TV meteorologist who says he was fired after he protested his station's, Bakersfield,...