by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2013
NY Daily News Excuses Front Page Flop on NBA Player’s Alien Abduction on Page 3
The New York Daily News has been taking steps to position itself as a national newspaper lately. So why did...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2013
AP Guidelines: Don’t Get Info ‘at the expense of someone’s safety’
The Associated Press recommends that its journalists consider the possibility of "danger" in reporting. Using information from social media, especially...
by Mitchell Petit-Frere on Jun 28, 2013
Why did Media Publish Racy Pictures of Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend?
Several sites including BuzzFeed, Inside Edition and the Daily Mail splashed photos and videos of a skimpily-dressed Lindsay Mills under...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2013
No More ‘Illegal Immigrant’ at San Francisco Chronicle Either
The San Francisco Chronicle is the latest news outlet to update its style entry on "illegal immigrant," Poynter reported. Like...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2013
LA Times, New York Times Join USA Today, AP in New Standards for ‘Illegal Immigrant’
The Los Angeles Times is the latest news organization to update its standards for how it reports on immigration. According...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 03, 2013
WPIX-TV airs ‘Best Sex Ever’ Sunday at 10 AM when Kids seek cartoons,’This is uncharted territory’ Parents Television Council says
While New York children were watching TV and munching on corn flakes as their parents slept in, New York's WPIX-TV...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2013
New Standards at USA Today: No ‘Illegal Immigrant’ unless in ‘Direct Quotes’
Just days after the Associated Press issued new standards on the term "illegal immigrant," USA Today announced a change in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old’s Facebook Photo?
Is it OK for the news media to use a 14-year-old's photo from Facebook in reports about the minor's death?...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2013
NYT David Brooks on his Sequestration Column: ‘I probably went a bit too far’
After being called out by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, New York Times' conservative columnist David Brooks added a "postscript"...