by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2011
PCC: Pic from Facebook Not OK to Publish
After two newspapers published a photo of a teenaged girl "in a bathing costume hugging her father" without the family's...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2011
Australian Media Inquiry Calls for Stronger Press Council
The chairman of an Australian government inquiry into print media standards suggested that the council start to address all media...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2011
Toronto Star Explains Naming Elderly Rape Victim in Nursing Home Abuse Reports
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English explained and defended the newspaper's decision to name "a 71-year-old woman with advanced dementia,"...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2011
Ireland’s Press Ombudsman Will Review RTE’s “Editorial Processes” after Big Libel Apology
RTE announced that press ombudsman John Horgan will review the Irish public broadcaster's "editorial processes." Last month, iMediaEthics wrote when RTE...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2011
NPR’s Ombuds on Using ‘Police Speak’
NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos criticized NPR for using "police speak" -- terminology used and provided by the police -- in...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2011
BBC Trust Chairman Defends Self-Regulation
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten defended independent regulation of the UK press at the UK Society of Editors' conference, the...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 09, 2011
3 UK Newspapers Take Down Princess Beatrice Pix after PCC Complaint
Mirroring earlier Press Complaints Commission resolutions involving Kate Middleton's family and the press, print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2011
India Press Council Chief Criticizes Indian Media, Media Groups Slam Back
The head of India's press council, Justice Katju, claimed that the media is on a "very poor intellectual level," according...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2011
PCC: Newspapers Shouldn’t Have ID’ed Teenager
UK print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission ruled that Scottish newspapers the Wishaw Press and Hamilton Advertiser broke the...