by Sydney Smith on Jun 09, 2012
Columbia Univ Did Accept Assad Aide, Barbara Walters Pulled Strings
As we wrote earlier this month, Barbara Walters apologized after leaked e-mails showed she pulled strings to try to get...
Conflict of Interest
by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2012
NPR Adds Editors Note to Disclose Conflict of Interest
National Public Radio added a May 24 editor's note to a May 21 story to disclose the conflict of interest...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 06, 2012
Barbara Walters Apologizes for Conflict in Offering Job, College Help to Assad Adviser
Barbara Walters apologized for pulling strings to get "the daughter of Syria's UN ambassador" Bashar Jaafari, a CNN internship and...
by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2012
Tony Blair at Leveson Inquiry: Murdoch has ‘substantial power’ but ‘didn’t lobby me on media stuff’?
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair appeared at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices today. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2012
Journalism Prof in the Philippines Calls for Blogger Ethics
A journalism professor in the Philippines recommended bloggers follow journalism ethics standards and work as media watchdogs, the Philippine Star reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2012
Update on Police Subpoenas of Seattle Media Outlets for Unaired Protest Footage
As we wrote May 8, the Seattle police subpoenaed Seattle TV news KIRO-7 and five other news outlets (KOMO-4, KING-5...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2012
3 UK News Outlets Won’t Have to Give Police Footage
The BBC, Sky News and ITN News won't have to give the police unaired footage of a 2011 eviction, Journalism.co.uk...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
NUJ Wants Inquiry into Scottish Media for Issues of Independence, Privacy
The UK National Union of Journalists wants a Scottish government-run "inquiry into the future of the country's media," the Guardian's...
by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2012
Stars & Stripes Ombuds on Conflicts of Interest
Stars and Stripes ombudsman Ernie Gates highlighted the "special challenge" of independence the newspaper faces "because of Stripes' unique hybrid...