by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2011
NPR Review of Juan Williams Firing Completed, Ellen Weiss, VP, Resigns
National Public Radio released a statement about the results of its investigation into the October firing of analyst Juan Williams,...
Media's Future
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2011
Hungarian Newspapers Protest Media Law
Hungary's "largest circulation broadsheet" published a front-page editorial claiming that freedom of the press in the nation has been ended. The headline...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2011
Uganda Court Rules Media Can’t Out Homosexuals
Ugandan media have been ordered by the courts not to "out" homosexual people, the BBC reported. The ruling came after Ugandan...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2011
Linguist Calls Media’s Use of Terms “Illegals,” “Undocumented” Partisan
How should journalists write about people who are in a country without legal certification to be there? What terms are...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2011
New York Times Compares Jon Stewart to Edward R. Murrow
The New York Times questioned if comedian Jon Stewart is "the modern-day equivalent of Edward R. Murrow." The Times called Stewart's...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2011
Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten Almost Attacked?
Three men are being held in custody in relation to an attempted terrorist plot against a Danish newspaper, Radio Free...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2010
AP Smack Down of NYT’s Definitive Gulf Oil Spill Report
Associated Press reporter Harry Weber slammed the New York Times for its Dec. 25 story about the now infamous Deepwater Horizon...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2010
Plain Dealer Not Aggressive Enough on Corruption Scandal?
Editor & Publisher highlighted a recent column by the Cleveland Plain Dealer's reader's representative, Ted Diadiun, analyzing the Plain Dealer's reporting of...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2010
Bylines Led to Celebrity Journalism?
The International Business Times reported that a new study has found that "the proliferation of bylines characterized the news as an...