by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2012
UK Sun Clarifies Auschwitz not a Polish Camp
The UK Sun posted a clarification to a January 28 article that wrongly called Auschwitz a "Polish camp" after a...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2012
Turkish Workshop Addresses Media Reporting on Children, Study Found Media Breaks Law against ID’ing Minors
Turkish journalists and academics discussed the media's effect on children at an April 5 workshop “Medya ve Çocuk” (Media and...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2012
Bulgarian Media Council Can Initiate Investigations to Ethics Violations
We wrote last month when Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media (CEM) ruled on a Bulgarian TV host's ripping up a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2012
Reactions to LATimes’ Graphic Front-Page Photos
The Christian Science Monitor questioned if the Los Angeles Times made the "right call" in its April 18 publication of...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2012
Anonymous Sources Protected in South African Libel Suit
A South African judge created "a legal precedent" allowing journalists to protect anonymous sources, the Center for International Media Assistance...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2012
Texas Couple Wins $13.7 Million over Anonymous Libelous Comments
A Texas couple named Mark and Rhonda Lesher won $13.7 million after filing a libel case over anonymous online comments,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2012
New Guidelines at Malta’s Public Broadcaster Say No Political Support On or Off Air
Malta's Public Broadcasting Services is releasing its "Guidelines on the Obligation of Due Impartiality," the Times of Malta reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2012
Call for Media Ethics Papers on Digital Ethics
Loyola University Chicago's The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy announced a call for papers for its annual International Symposium...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2012
Journalist Beth Knobel on Russian Journalists Protesting
American journalist and communication professor Beth Knobel addressed advocacy by journalists in Russia, news site Russia Beyond the Headlines reported....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2012
Montenegro Reporter to be Jailed in Libel Conviction
Montenegro journalist Petar Komnenic must "serve four months in prison for libel" over a 2007 story for The Monitor magazine,...