by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2011
SF Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein On Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper Editor
The San Francisco Chronicle's Phil Bronstein blogged for the Huffington Post that the lawsuit of a California man against a...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2011
New Media Ethics Code in Turkey, UNESCO’s Ends Promotion of “Media Accountability” Program
A group of 25 Turkish journalists created a code of ethics during a late January workshop, the International Center for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2011
Lawsuit over Sexist Comments at Sky News? Andy Gray, Richard Keys out
In January, two sports hosts left Sky Sports (the "brand name" for "sports-oriented television channels" run by Sky Broadcasting) because...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2011
New Ethics Guidelines at Los Angles Times?
The Los Angeles Times released an updated version of its ethics guidelines Feb. 1. With the revised guidelines (see here),...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2011
China Govt Training Journalists about Ethics, Fake News
The Chinese Propaganda Department has required Chinese journalists to train for six months on how to “eradicate false news, improve the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2011
UC Berkeley Student Editor Not Responsible for Emotional Distress Court Rules
As iMediaEthics previously reported, Harvey Purtz filed a lawsuit against the editor-in-chief of the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley's student newspaper, for...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
New Book on Middle Eastern Media
The dean of Washington State University's communication college has written a book about Middle Eastern media called "The new Arab Journalist: ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Is a Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Toronto Star Readers Asked to Weigh In on Controversial Editorial Decisions
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English posed a series of editorial decisions to the Star's readers last week. English asked...