by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2011
UK Site Churnalism Matches News Articles with Press Releases
Churnalism.com, a new non-profit website established by the Media Standards Trust, seeks to identify when stories published in the news...
Transparency
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2011
Buffalo Beast Editor Criticized by SPJ after Hoaxing Scott Walker with Prank Call
As has been widely reported, Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy posed as Koch Industries' executive vice president David Koch in...
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...
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 15, 2011
Do Media Regret Twitter Errors? How To Correct Tweets
News outlets typically issue corrections whenever they publish incorrect information. However, as more and more news outlets venture onto Twitter...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2010
Reader Questioned Why New York Times Sports Column was Revised Post-Game
Arthur Brisbane, the New York Times' public editor, published a series of reader questions and newsroom responses in his Dec....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2010
NYT Sues NYPD over Freedom of Information Requests
The New York Times announced in an article that it filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD)...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2010
Can Transparency Replace Objectivity in Journalism? Amy Gahran asks
Move aside, the journalistic debate over objectivity. Instead, let's talk about being transparent. "Is transparency the new objectivity?" Amy Gahran...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2010
WashPost Public Editor: Readers want more Transparency
The Washington Post's public editor, Andrew Alexander, called on the Post to be more transparent when publishing stories by non-Post...