by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2015
8 Actual BuzzFeed Editorial Standards You Need To Know
Of course, the headline for this story is a riff on Buzzfeed's typical story format. But despite the winning entertainment...
Transparency
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2015
Conflict alert! Theatre Critic’s Son is Asst Play Director? National Post failed to disclose
The National Post failed to disclose in two articles that its theatre critic was writing about a play his son...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2015
2 Staffers Leaked Tape of Boston.com Editorial Meeting, Capital NY Says
Boston.com kicked two employees out of the newsroom after being accused of leaking a "recording of an all-hands editorial meeting"...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2014
NC Newspaper explains why it used anonymous sources
The News & Record, a daily newspaper in Greensboro, N.C., decided to use anonymous sources to report on the firing...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2014
Canadian Newspaper Publishes Name of Teen Suicide Victim, Breaks Court Ban, Police Investigate
The Chronicle Herald in Nova Scotia chose to violate a publication ban and name Rehtaeh Parsons, the teenager who died...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2014
NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman disregards her Ebola quarantine, Goes to Restaurant
NBC News' chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman was busted for breaking an Ebola quarantine after people contacted Princeton, N.J....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2014
Source lied about his HIV story, Washington Post unpublishes
The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2014
LA Times gets new Newsroom Guidelines, Conflicts of Interest, Anonymous Sources, Photo Standards, & More
The Los Angeles Times released a new set of newsroom ethics guidelines Wednesday. The guidelines "apply to all Times journalists...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2014
Did BBC Put Unwitting Students at Risk in North Korea? Apologizes for Undercover Report
What were BBC editors and producers thinking when they put college students at risk in North Korea? BBC has since...