by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
New Book on Middle Eastern Media
The dean of Washington State University's communication college has written a book about Middle Eastern media called "The new Arab Journalist: ...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Was SPJ Right to Retire Helen Thomas Award? Media Debate
The National Arab American Journalists Association's Ray Hanania blogged Jan. 15 about the Society of Professional Journalists' vote to end the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Do Promises Die when Sources Promised Die? Can Journalists Burn the Dead?
Columbia Journalism Review wondered "how common is it to burn dead sources?"' So far, both the Wall Street Journal and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2011
Another News of the World Editor in Phone Hacking Scandal? Ian Edmondson accused
In the latest turn of events with the accusations of a "culture" of phone hacking at UK newspaper News of...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2011
Daily Mirror To Pay Less In Naomi Campbell Privacy Lawsuit
The Daily Mirror only has to pay some of the fees in a lawsuit stemming from its 2001 story on...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UK Frontline Club Members Uneasy About Wikileaks’ Assange Support?
The UK Frontline Club's founder Vaughn Smith has been an open supporter of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Assange stayed at...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Are Journalists Missing the Story?
Iowa State University's journalism school director Michael Bugeja questioned if the media is paying attention to the stories that matter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Is a Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
David Beckham Counters In Touch Lawsuit
As iMediaEthics previously reported, David Beckham called for a front page apology from In Touch magazine after it published a cover...