by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2012
AP Names Govt Officials Who Asked to be Anonymous during Sunshine Week
The Associated Press ignored a White House request for anonymity, Yahoo News Dylan Stableford reported. According to Yahoo News, the...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2012
Daily Mirror Corrects after Using Pic of Model Morgana in ‘Women Who Kill’ Feature
The Daily Mirror apologized to model Morgana after using her photo in a "supplement on 'Women who Kill,'" Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2012
Bolivian Journalist Gets Jail Sentence After Losing Libel Lawsuit
Bolivian journalist Rogelio Peláez received the "first criminal sentence against a reporter" in his country in the past 15 years, the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2012
Baltimore Sun Columnist Admits to Self-Plagiarism
Baltimore Sun columnist Jacques Kelly told readers in a March 16 column that he is going on a "new writing...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2012
Australian News Site Crikey Joins Press Council
Australian "independent journalism" news site Crikey announced March 19 its publisher Private Media is accepting the Australian Press Council's invitation...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2012
UK Supreme Court says Times of London’s Report Accused of Libel Protected by Reynolds Privilege
News Corp.-owned Times of London won a Supreme Court appeal in the libel case against its 2006 article on Gary...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2012
Guardian explains How It Fact Checked Leaked Assad e-mails
The Guardian explained in a March 14 post how it verified the "cache of 3,000 emails" from Syria's leader Bashar...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2012
Myanmar Media Conference Discusses Ethics, New Media Law
Myanmar's Ministry of Information and UNESCO co-organized a two-day conference earlier this week, Asian news site Asian Correspondent reported. According...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2012
Canadian Child Rape-Murder Case Prompts Ethical Questions of Crime Reporting
Readers questioned the Toronto Star's detailed coverage of the murder of 8-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, Toronto Star public editor Kathy...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2012
News Sites Unpublish Story About Malia Obama’s Spring Break Trip at White House Request for Privacy, Security
News sites have taken down stories about 13-year-old Malia Obama, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's daughters, Mediaite reported. The...