At first glance, this month’s TIME cover featuring a woman’s leg in a pantsuit may appear like a just another generic cover photo. However, a more careful look at the royal blue, pantsuit-clad back leg …
Nominations for the 2014 Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics now open
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics seeks applications for the first national Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Shadid died in 2012 while crossing the Syrian …
Learning from Grantland’s Dr. V story: When reporting for a niche loses context in the grips of a network effect
Much has already been written about the ethical questions raised in the wake of Grantland’s January 15th story by Caleb Hannan entitled Dr. V’s Magical Putter. The article itself has been updated to include a letter …
Testing school security, KSDK-TV reporter triggers lockdown
It may be a case of the end justifying the means. If so, which end matters more: Exposure of a significant security flaw at a local high school, or the stress and expense brought on …
Sorry, but making a few edits to a copyrighted photograph doesn’t give you the right to claim the image as your own.
Editing and filtering images has never been easier. Even those that find Photoshop too much of a challenge can dabble with image editing using simple tools built into apps like iPhoto and Instagram. But …
Interactive storytelling reflects both new opportunities and new challenges for 21st century journalism
As is often the case each year in the last days of December, many retrospectives and lists are being published this week. We are treated to summaries, galleries, lists, and “the year in” stories. Yesterday …
2013: The year of the Internet hoax?
Sometimes you just want to believe. And sometimes you can’t help but believe. Maybe it’s the kid inside all of us. Maybe it’s the skill of a person who produced reality TV and knows …
For 60 Minutes, a dubious honor for a journalistic failure that won’t go away quietly as Poynter lists the best and worst media errors for 2013
Anyone having a passing acquaintance with current events probably knows that CBS News and its iconic program 60 Minutes have had a rough year. To further add to a year the network would like to …
Nieman Lab: What will journalism look like in 2014?
The folks at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab have rounded up several opinions regarding what we can expect for journalism in the coming year: “To close out 2013, we asked some of the smartest people we know …
Poynter: “Newtown’s media blackout forces journalists to do their jobs”
Writing for Poynter.org’s New Ethics of Journalism page, Kelly McBride examines how the self-imposed media blackout among the residents of Newtown, Conn., has impacted media reporting of the first anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy …