by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2012
Australian News Site Crikey Joins Press Council
Australian "independent journalism" news site Crikey announced March 19 its publisher Private Media is accepting the Australian Press Council's invitation...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2012
Canadian Child Rape-Murder Case Prompts Ethical Questions of Crime Reporting
Readers questioned the Toronto Star's detailed coverage of the murder of 8-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, Toronto Star public editor Kathy...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2012
Canadian Broadcast Regulator Rules on Airing Dying Police Officer’s Words
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled that Canadian TV stations like Global Toronto and CTV Toronto didn't "violate the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2012
UK Times Clarifies: Picture with Alcohol Abuse Story Not of Women with Alcohol Abuse, Pic From ‘Several Years Ago in a Public Place’
The Sunday Times donated money to charity and published a clarification after a Press Complaints Commission complaint that the newspaper...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Moroccan Media Regulation Discussed
Morocco's Ministry of Communication addressed media ethics, media regulation and more during a March 10 "study day," Magharebia reported. Morocco's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: Submit Abstracts of Media Ethics Papers to Reuters Institute
Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism announced a call for papers from "Faculty, doctoral students and practitioners"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
LAT Ran at least 7 Corrections on Danish versus Dutch since ’06
The Los Angeles Times has mixed up news about the Danish and the Dutch on numerous occasions over the past...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2012
Tanzanian Media Council Calls for Newspaper to Apologize for ‘False, Malicious & Defamatory’ Stories
The ethics committee for Tanzania's Media Council called on newspaper Dira ya Mtanzania to apologize for its "series of false,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
UK Observer Corrects Julian Assange Autobio Review after PCC Complaint
The Observer corrected its Oct. 2 review of Julian Assange's "unauthorised autobioraphy" after the WikiLeaks leader complained to the UK Press...