by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2010
Readers criticize The New York Times’ City Room blog about the late Hank Jones
Is it ethical for a reporter to go in a recently deceased man’s apartment and then write a blog entry...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2010
New York Times’ Reports on Richard Blumenthal Questioned by Media Outlets
Starting May 17, The New York Times has published several articles and a 58-second video to call Richard Blumenthal out...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2010
Snapshot of local reporting: Texas columnist Bud Kennedy calls out TV reporter for biased Tea Party reporting
Like the alleged "blue wall of silence" among police, it is unusual when journalists break a similar grey wall of...
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 Sydney Smith on May 04, 2010
Gawker blog’s purchase of iPhone leads to raid and ethics questions
iPhones can do so many things that it is not surprising that the device plays a role in media ethics...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2010
60 Minutes Erred by Innuendo, Columbia Journalism Review Says
On April 14, the Columbia Journalism Review issued an almost 3,000-word report on 60 Minutes' segment, “Amazon Crude,” which was...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2010
Injured Freelance Journalist Paul Raffaele Files Lawsuit against Smithsonian Mag, United States
EXCLUSIVE: Freelance journalist Paul Raffaele is suing the United States, the Smithsonian Institution and Smithsonian magazine for breach of contract....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2010
FOX News Cancels Sean Hannity’s Tea Party Event Coverage
Kudos to Fox News for pulling Sean Hannity's program from its coverage of the Cincinnati Tea Party, even if it was at the last minute....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2010
Were French journalists improperly acting like police with pedophile investigation The Infiltrators?
A week after French media denounced a team of its journalists for going undercover and turning over 22 names of...