by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2010
Newsweek Corrects Photo Caption To Disclose Image is Illustration
StinkyJournalism received a complaint about the May 10 issue of Newsweek from graphic designer and StinkyJournalism reader Dan Levinson. He noted...
Photojournalism Ethics
by Sydney Smith on Jun 06, 2010
Nat Geo Calls out Photographer William Lascelles for Submitting Fake Photo to Contest
In its June 2010 issue, National Geographic published a column calling out photographer William Lascelles for submitting altered photographs to...
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2010
British political campaigns staged photos: Actors portray police, doctor, nurse
British elections were May 6. Hopefully, the questionable photos that were spread throughout the campaign by at least one political party...
by Sydney Smith on May 07, 2010
Huffington Post Ran Facebook Picture of Wrong Faisal Shahzad
The dangers of using social media for journalism research were highlighted May 4 when The Huffington Post apparently used a Facebook...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 06, 2010
Graphic Images from Haiti Quake: Would US Citizens Be Depicted The Same Way?
Conflicting loyalties of medical correspondents aren’t the only ethical minefield for media reporting on this January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. Would...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 31, 2009
TMZ Hoaxed : Mistakes Playboy Photo For an Image of John F. Kennedy
Media hoaxes don’t appear to take a break for the holidays and, luckily, neither do hoax-breakers. Monday, celebrity news website...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 28, 2009
iMediaEthics’s Most Popular Stories of 2009
As the cusp of 2010 approaches, publishers are rolling out their lists of the year's best, brightest, or even worst...
by Danielle Elliot on Dec 13, 2009
When is Gruesome too Gruesome? Cop Shooting Photo too Graphic?
Photo editors are schooled in choosing proper images during tragic situations. The decisions are never made lightly; newsworthiness, effect and...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 11, 2009
Professor Sues Wesleyan After His Photo Was Mistaken for Campus Murder Suspect Stephen P. Morgan
Usually media errors claim few dramatic victims: a misspelling here, a fake photo there, but no real harm to private...