Reporting on alleged sex scandal full of “wild allegations with reckless disregard for the truth”
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Iraqi Kurdistan: risk of physical assault on the rise for media personnel
The challenges of reporting under totalitarianism and cultural conservatism
Veteran journalists criticize CBS reporter for accepting award from conservative group
Editors,ethicists: Should mainstream reporters accept awards from fringe groups with political agendas?
Pakistan: code of ethics needed as sensationalized content airs on live TV
Journalists assert need for a formalized code of ethics to countervail “state of anarchy”
Opinion: Israeli online news site neglects reader comments/corrections
Israel’s MediaWatch: Can public pressure force Ynet to re-evaluate its professional standards?
Student paper at Penn State prematurely tweeted news of Joe Paterno’s death and took a hit
Editorial: A lesson for students learning to navigate social media without compromising professional standards
Italian media: bloggers reveal false footage of shipwreck broadcast by certified journalists.
Italian bloggers leverage incident by asking Nat’l Order of Journalists to ease restrictions on entering profession
Bahrain Journalists Association launches new code of ethics
IFJ president says, “Ethics we believe are not marginal to the future of journalism; they are key to its survival.”
Why Training Citizen Journalists Is So Important After the Arab Spring
In the wake of widespread revolution, photojournalist asks: “Who are the media watchdogs for a form of journalism rooted in unedited immediacy?”
Prosecutors: Media didn’t violate law by naming suspect before hearing
Reports identified alleged killer before he was charged; SA Supreme Court has ruled similar disclosure “in the public interest.”