by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2019
NPR: Victims under 18 are not underage women & men, but girls & boys
NPR listeners were upset about the language used in reporting on Jeffrey Epstein and R. Kelly, NPR public editor Elizabeth...
Reporting on Children
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2019
Reporting on Children: New Guidance from UK
The UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation has new guidance for reporting on children. The guidance emphasizes that...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2018
BuzzFeed adds guidelines for reporting on mass shootings
BuzzFeed now has ethics guidelines for covering mass shootings. The guidance was added to the BuzzFeed News Standards and Ethics...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2017
UK Independent ‘Suspended,’ Re-posted Harvey Weinstein Op-Ed from 2009 defending Roman Polanski
Eight years ago, the UK Independent published an op-ed by movie producer Harvey Weinstein that defended director Roman Polanski from...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2017
Scottish Newspapers Made it Possible to ID Sex Crime Victim
The Daily Record and the Paisley Daily Express, based in Glasgow, Scotland, made it possible for a sex crime victim...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2017
Should News Outlets Stop Naming Missing 15-year-old Tennessee girl Now that she’s found?
The Associated Press stopped naming the 15-year-old Tennessee girl who went missing with her 50-year-old teacher earlier this year after...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2017
Australian Journalist Ginger Gorman’s Reporting on Child Sex Abuse ‘Stolen’ by 3 Sites, 1 Unpublishes after Complaints
It has become an all too familiar story: A freelance journalist spends hours, or weeks, putting together a hard-hitting investigative...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2016
Why the Deseret News Named 16-Year-Old Injured in School Shooting
The Deseret News explained why it decide to name a 16-year-old boy who was shot in a school shooting last...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 21, 2016
Empire State News wrongly says less than 1% children sexually abused. Here’s what the statistics really are
Empire State News claimed it is false to say one in five children are sexually abused in the U.S. Instead,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2016
Australian Broadcasting Regulator updates Privacy Guidelines
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has updated its guidelines for handling privacy issues in media. This is the first time the...