by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2011
Should Journalists Name Juveniles in Crime Stories?
The Gallup Herald's editor and publisher, Joseph J. Kolb, argued that naming "juvenile criminal suspects shouldn't pose an ethical quandary."...
Reporting on Children
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2011
Guardian’s Readers Editor: Child Porn/Child Sex Abuse Entry being added to Style Book
The Guardian's readers editor, Chris Elliott, wrote earlier this month about the terminology "child porn." Elliott wrote that a reader complained...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2011
PCC: UK Southern Daily Echo’s Report Might Have ID’ed Sexual Assault Victim
Media regulatory body, the UK Press Complaints Commission, ruled recently that the Southern Daily Echo named a teenage sexual assault victim after...
by Stephan Lherisson , Sydney Smith on May 26, 2011
David Epstein Columbia Professor Incest Charges Raises Questions
David Epstein, political science professor at Columbia University, was arrested last December for having an incestuous relationship with his daughter....
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
Schwarzenegger Affair: Media Ethics Debate on Privacy, Naming Woman, Pics
After news broke that former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver were separating because he had a...
by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2011
UK Courier & Advertiser Newspaper Made Two Child Sex Victims Identifiable
The Press Complaints Commission ruled that the Courier & Advertiser newspaper violated the PCC's code of practice in its story about a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2011
Telegraph’s WikiLeaks Report Names Teen Rape Victim at Gitmo
The UK Telegraph, one of the publications added to WikiLeaks' list of "media partners" with this week's Gitmo document dump, fully named an...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2011
Newspaper Retracts Story that Named Child Witness to Crime
The UK Press Complaints Commission reported that the Daily Record has retracted and unpublished an article about a shooting. The...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2011
Anniston Star Editor Defends Publishing Video of Minor in Jail
An Alabama newspaper editor explained the newspaper's decision to publish an anonymously-submitted video of a sheriff "physically confronting" a minor in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2011
Front-Page Photo of Dead Child: Is it Ethical?
The Pacific Freedom Forum, a media advocacy group for Pacific media, criticized the Vanuatu Times for publishing a photo of a...