by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2011
Reuters Changes Retraction Practices
Reuters has announced a new practice for handling retractions, Poynter's Steve Myers reported. Under the new retraction practices, when an...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2011
Chicago TV News Station Apologizes for Out-of-Context Quote
Chicago CBS-affiliate WBBM apologized for misrepresenting a four-year-old's comments in a June 30 segment, Mediaite reported. WBBM reported the child...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2011
Crime Reports Should Be Careful With Their Use of Labels
The executive director of the National Organization for Women, Sonia Ossorio, wrote in late July for Editor & Publisher on...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
LATimes Updates Style guide on Latino, Hispanic
The Los Angeles Times has revised its style guide entries for Latino and Hispanic, the newspaper's readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2011
Trinity Mirror Phone Hacked? Will Review ‘Editorial Practices’ after Claims
Trinity Mirror PLC, which owns the Daily Mirror, People, the Daily Record and other newspapers in the UK, will review...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2011
New Policy and Journalistic Standards at the Toronto Star
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English reported in early July that the Star has an updated policy manual. According to...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2011
New Social Media Guidelines for BBC
Earlier this month, the BBC announced its new social media guidelines, EditorsWeblog reported. As EditorsWeblog explained, "In sum, the guidelines...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2011
Will Australia Get New Media Laws Following UK Phone Hacking Scandal?
Despite calls for a new media laws in Australia, the country's attorney general, Robert McClelland, "has ruled out trying to...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2011
AP’s Freelance Photographer Fired for Photoshop
The Associated Press killed images from freelance photographer Miguel Tovar after it was revealed the photographer Photoshopped an image to...