by cwelter | Jun 24, 2017 | Ethics in the News
A Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent was fired for his business involvement with a source, Poynter reported. Educators are teaching students how to detect false news using an online platform called Checkology, according to an article published by Wired....
by cwelter | Jun 12, 2017 | Ethics in the News
An article published by The Guardian discussed The New York Times’ publication of leaked photos from the suicide bombing in the Manchester Arena. An article published by Poynter discussed the possible consequences of eliminating editors’ roles at the New...
by cwelter | May 2, 2017 | Ethics in the News
Facebook hired former New York Times staffer Alex Hardiman in a new position called head of news products. According to Recode, “Hardiman will work with publishers to create news features, and also try to stop the proliferation of false news on the...
by cwelter | Apr 12, 2017 | Ethics in the News
According to Poynter, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga emails obtained through open records laws show university officials fired an NPR-affiliated reporter because they “were worried that annoyed Republican legislators — who had previously cut funding to a...
by cwelter | Mar 27, 2017 | Ethics in the News
Benny Johnson, a reporter with the Independent Journalism Review, was accused of plagiarism by fellow staffers in 2015, just one year after being fired from Buzzfeed for 41 instances of plagiarism, Poynter reported. Additionally, Poynter reported, “Johnson,...