Slippery Slop The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page embraces an AI submission. Plus: Tracking the expulsion of climate science from Florida textbooks, and putting out prison fires. August 28, 2026 By Susie Banikarim
An old media scoop on pro-ISIS tweeter Shami Witness leads to a new media dox December 18, 2014 By Chris Ip When anonymity is taken out of the media’s hands
Journalism has a plagiarism problem. But it’s not the one you’d expect November 18, 2014 By David Uberti Fareed Zakaria’s case highlights news organizations’ ethical gray areas
The ethics of The Guardian‘s Whisper bombshell October 20, 2014 By Ryan Chittum It would have been a journalistic lapse not to have told readers
Must-reads of the week September 19, 2014 By The Editors How to write a trend piece, a hotline for ethics, and mapping violence against journalists
Girl’s foul-ball injury raises a question: When should the media withhold a name? July 28, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith News organizations in Atlanta abide by a family’s request
ONA prepares a DIY ethics code March 27, 2014 By Edirin Oputu The Online News Association is working on a crowdsourced ethics code project
Bloomberg News’s deepening China problem March 21, 2014 By Dean Starkman Chairman’s remarks raise serious questions about the news division’s mission in a key market
The AP was right to fire Bob Lewis October 28, 2013 By Alicia Shepard He needed to wait for a response from his piece’s target, and he didn’t
The Gladwellian ‘debate’ October 10, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts Why are we still listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s cherry-picked gospel?
A weakened Washington Post, a serious ethical breach September 6, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Erik Wemple hits his own paper for hopping the wall between ads and news
The Bloomberg terminal scandal May 14, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Not nearly in the Murdoch hacking league, but it requires a cultural shift
‘I need rules’ February 12, 2013 By Curtis Brainard Jonah Lehrer says he still intends to pursue writing
A reporter is fired; colleagues quit in protest November 19, 2012 By Peter Sterne The Hudson Register-Star reporter refused to include information in his story
Journalism ethics in a digital age October 26, 2012 By Kira Goldenberg A Poynter conference this week provoked good discussion but presupposed an old definition of journalism
It’s about the rider September 13, 2012 By Declan Fahy Sports reporters flex their scientific muscle in Armstrong doping coverage
