by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2012
Rebekah Brooks Arrested Again in Phone Hacking Investigation
Six people, including former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie Brooks, were arrested March 13 for questioning...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2012
AWARDS: 1st Data Journalism Awards this Year, Awards will Promote & Set Best Practices, Standards
The European Journalism Centre,an "independent, international, non-profit institute dedicated to the highest standards in journalism," is accepting entries for the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2012
Irish Broadcasting Authority: RTE Unfair in Airing Unverified Tweet During Debate, RTE Apologizes
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld former Irish presidential candidate Sean Gallagher's complaint over RTE's airing the contents of a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Phone Hacking Scandal: Complaint over Leveson Testimony, Reported Suicide Attempts by Sun Journos, Claims NOTW Hacked Priest
Could Leveson Testimony Conflict with Prosecutions? As we wrote earlier this month, UK police official Sue Akers told the Leveson...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Georgia Student Newspaper the Colonnade Apologizes for Plagiarism
Georgia College & State University's student newspaper The Colonnade, published a March 1 note to readers apologizing for publishing a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
New Corrections & Complaints Process Proposed for the BBC
The BBC proposed a "'faster, simpler and easier to understand' complaints process" in a March 8 press release. Some of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Bahrain to Get Media Council
Bahrain will soon have an "independent high media council," Gulf News reported. Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry advised the creation...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Advises Staff on Responding to Reader Concerns
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton called on the Post's staff to be more responsive and polite to readers...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2012
Filipino Media Criticized for Coverage of Tropical Storm
PJR Reports criticized some of the Filipino media's coverage of tropical storm Sendong, which hit the Philippines in December of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2012
Pakistani Group Publishes Gender-Sensitive Code of Ethics
In January, advocacy group White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan, a group that focuses on "involving and sensitizing the media" and campaigning...