by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Journalist Richard Peppiatt Admits Posing as College Student
In a panel on ethics at Goldsmiths, Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who revealed fabricating stories in his resignation letter from the...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2011
Student Press Law Center: Why Students Shouldn’t Publish Fake Stories
The Washington Post interviewed Student Press Law Center's Frank LoMonte about prank issues in college newspapers. Last week, newspapers like...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Did A Timely New York Post Correction Save a Man’s Life?
A Mar 29, 2011 correction on page 18 of the New York Post may have saved a man's life. One...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Media Backlash after ICorrect, A Celeb Destination for Buying Corrections, Launches?
As iMediaEthics wrote last month, Sir David Tang launched the UK site ICorrect.com that charges people $1,000 a year to post...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Twitter Not Good for Sports Journalism?
Missouri's Columbia Tribune reported on problems with using Twitter to report on breaking sports news and other sports journalism in a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Is a Denver Post “Dog Bite” Death Story Headline Wrong?
The Denver Post's headline on an Associated Press story about the death of Larry Armstrong stated the headline "Autopsy: Dog bites...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2011
Atlantic’s Ghost Towns are just Vacation Hot-Spots in Off Season?
Columbia Journalism Review criticized the Atlantic's slideshow about "The New American Ghost Towns." According to CJR, those alleged ghost towns...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2011
SeaWorld’s Tilikum Performing Again, Said Killer Whale’s ‘Choice’
Tilikum, the killer whale responsible for trainer Dawn Brancheau's death in February 2010, returned to performing at SeaWorld last week,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2011
Vernon Ethics Advisor Duped into Advertising, not News Interview?
John Van de Kamp, the current ethics advisor for the city of Vernon, California, claims he was misled into being...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2011
Misleading Stories on Restaurant Salt Ban in Daily Mail, Express?
Two UK newspapers have been accused of running misleading stories suggesting that the UK has banned salt in fish and...