by Ninette Sosa | Oct 9, 2017 | Ethics in the News
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Columbia Journalism Review reports on how two local newspapers covered the Las Vegas shooting — from Mesquite, Nevada — and how locals, and reporters, dealt with the news. Click here. This past week Facebook was accused of...
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 | Nov 16, 2016 | Ethics in the News
In reference to coverage of President-elect Donald Trump, an article from the Columbia Journalism Review examined how “reporters’ personal views got in the way of their ability to hear what was happening around them.” An ethicist from Poynter discussed how...
by cwelter | Oct 3, 2016 | Ethics in the News
Poynter discussed the ethics of removing “embarrassing archived stories” from newspaper websites after learning several publications had been contacted by readers with requests for deletion. User reports led Facebook to suspend several Palestinian...
by cwelter | Sep 9, 2016 | Ethics in the News
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune removed a column written by an employee which criticized a TV journalist for wearing skinny jeans during her report, Poynter reported. The Washington Post reminded employees of their Standards & Ethics policies on political activism...
