by Sydney Smith on May 24, 2011
National Labor Board says it’s OK for Arizona Star newspaper to fire reporter for tweets
The National Labor Board ruled that the Arizona Daily Star didn't break the law for firing a reporter for "inappropriate...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2011
BBC’s Checklist for Checking Info off Social Media Sites
Social media sites can be a good way to promote and spread news, but they are also rife with fake...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2011
NYT Criticized for not Crediting Social Media, not Linking outside of NYT
Reuters' Felix Salmon criticized two recent columns from the New York Times for ignoring social media's impact on the May 1 developing Osama...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2011
AJR : Keith Urbahn’s Osama bin Laden Tweet NOT News
American Journalism Review criticized articles that labeled Keith Urbahn's Osama bin Laden tweet news breaking. Urbahn, Donald Rumsfeld's aide, tweeted first...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2011
New Social Media Policy Guide
The American Society of News Editors has created a list of "10 best practices for social media." The 50-page guide...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2011
UK PCC May Regulate Reporters’ Tweets, Hold Tweets to Editorial Code
The UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) may start regulating UK reporters' tweets, the Guardian reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2011
U.S. Billionaire Louis Bacon to Sue Wikipedia, Denver Post, WordPress
A U.S. billionaire intends to sue for the identity of anonymous commenters, including people who have posted information about him...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2011
Watch Out For Fake Quotes!
The Atlantic's Megan McArdle tracked the "anatomy of a fake quotation" attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. this week. The fake...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2011
Social Media Ethics : Think before you Post
In light of last year's suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, Leone Kraus blogged on LGBTQ blog Bilerico about ethics...