Red Bull has a print magazine?

http://www.foliomag.com/2013/did-you-know-red-bull-has-magazine-2-7-million-circulation#.UrGoNcKA3X6

Inconsistent corporate ethics at GAP

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/12/11/gap-can-build-on-its-sikh-ad-by-protecting-bangladeshi-garment-workers

The war on Christmas as seen by Jon Stewart

http://www.alternet.org/video/watch-jon-stewart-debunks-fox-news-much-ballyhooed-war-christmas?akid=11234.28015.JCqsHW&rd=1&src=newsletter932464&t=5

New York Times front-page photo: Tasteful or not?

http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/the-woman-in-the-breast-cancer-photo-responds-to-times-readers/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes

One brother interviews the other: Conflict of interest?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/nyregion/mixed-reactions-from-media-critics-after-one-cuomo-interviews-another.html?_r=0

More on upaid internships

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/business/media/overlook-the-value-of-interns-at-great-peril.html?pagewanted=all

Conflict of interest in Qatar

http://deadspin.com/espn-writer-takes-all-expenses-paid-trip-to-qatar-love-1469590906

Lara Logan, 60 minutes reporter, takes leave after faulty story

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/lara-logan-takes-leave-of-absence-from-cbs_b205281

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/hammer-falls-bungled-benghazi-report/

Can't steal photos from Twitter, yo!

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/26/news-agencies-news-photography

Baldwin's show canceled

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/alec-baldwins-show-will-not-return-to-msnbc_b205193

The sweeps numbers are in!

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/nbc-wraps-november-sweeps-win/

Best funeral ever!

What? http://www.medialifemagazine.com/best-funeral-ever-perhaps-worst/

Duluth station accused of faking outdoor set

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/duluth-anchors-accused-of-faking-outdoor-set-during-holiday-parade_b110055

Denver Post hires its first pot editor, really

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/11/denver-post-lights-up-new-pot-editor-178511.html

Ads make one confused!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/business/media/two-marilyns-six-scotches-and-20-hamburger-toppings.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131202

Backing investigative journalism: You in?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/business/media/turning-to-public-to-back-investigative-journalism.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131202

Royal Roads university publicity/ads

http://www.adrants.com/2013/11/real-student-hides-in-college.php

Campus newspapers stolen!

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/229979/tenth-campus-newspaper-theft-of-the-year-reported/

Katie "colon" Couric makes a new news partnership

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/25/katie-couric-abc-yahoo-news?CMP=ema_546

Reindeer or bunnies? OMG

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15682.aspx

RNC bad tweet re: racism

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15695.aspx

Pace Salsa and the Twitter meltdown

http://www.adrants.com/2013/12/pace-salsa-deletes-twitter-account-after.php. What the heck?

Car wash ads from Vancouver

http://www.adrants.com/2013/12/the-strangest-car-wash-ads-you-will-ever.php#more

Vodka ads new and different or not?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/business/media/make-new-amsterdam-your-town-ads-proclaim.html?ref=advertisingemail&nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131202&_r=0

9News anchor has meltdown re: snow photos

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/11/23/pkg-reporter-rant-bad-snow-photos.kusa&hpt=hp_c3&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

Next snow: Everyone send him outrageous snow photos. You naked on your patio furniture, maybe?

New low in fashion journalism?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/9420945/A-new-low-in-fashion-journalism

Posing as a homeless person

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-stossel-poses-as-homeless-to-get-people-to-stop-enabling-their-drug-and-alcohol-habit/

You choose your clients

Ezxample: http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/14167/Singapore-PR-Firms-Shy-Away-From-Ashley-Madison.aspx

Conflict of interest or what? OU students given chance to do PR for US soccer

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/229008/u-s-soccer-sponsored-internship-prepares-students-for-a-really-confusing-world-of-journalism/

Racism or not in Wash Post column?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/12/washington-post-richard-cohen-racism

Could you do what this PR guy does?

http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/ethics-fail-pr-firm-doubles-as-independent-research-institute_b77629

How journalists bump up their stories, images

http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/11/13/your-exclusive-interview-isnt/

Benghazi CBS report misleading: What to do?

http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/media-critics-scoff-at-cbss-internal-investigation-of-60-minutes-botched-benghazi-report-video/

 http://www.medialifemagazine.com/cbs-investigating-discredited-60-minutes-report/

Hugging the source in St. Louis

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/st-louis-reporters-hug-ignites-twitter-debate-over-journalism-ethics_b109101

French journalists under fire, literally

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/11/15/hey-tv-people-how-about-you-never-use-the-f-word-when-youre-on-the-job/

CNN host drops the f bomb

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/11/15/hey-tv-people-how-about-you-never-use-the-f-word-when-youre-on-the-job/

What the Alec Baldwin?

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc-suspends-alec-baldwin-pulls-up-late-for-two-weeks_b203921

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/round-two-alec-baldwin-goes-after-another-fox-ny-reporter_b109196

Bacardi ad: Resilience not rum

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/business/media/bacardi-focuses-on-resilience-rather-than-rum.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131118&_r=0

Debating social media communication ethics

Good read if you have the time to explore:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-harris-lipschultz/lets-debate-social-media-_b_4293629.html

MSNBC's Martin Bashir apologizes to Palin, viewers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/martin-bashir-sarah-palin-apology_n_4298095.html

http://www.thewrap.com/msnbc-host-martin-bashir-apologizes-suggesting-someone-sht-sarah-palins-mouth/

Advertising on the ski slopes

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/client-hitting-ski-slopes/

Layoffs and censorship at Bloomberg

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/bloomberg-slashs-jobs-amidst-censorship-outcry/

Google, UK, USA to tackle child porn sites together

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/18/uk-us-dark-web-online-child-abuse-internet?CMP=ema_546

Show your Joe: a tasteful ad or not?

http://www.adrants.com/2013/11/kmarts-jingle-bell-junk-urges-men-to.php

November sweeps and the Colbert report

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/430522/november-14-2013/november-sweeps-prostacular

Halloween costume: The Social Media Professional

Ha ha!
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/journalists-having-a-laugh-over-social-media-professional-halloween-costume_b99998

Cheap shots at CNN or not?

From the New Republic:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115408/jon-stewarts-assault-cnn-falls-flat

Media outlets continue to oppose the name of Washington team

http://www.thewrap.com/76-media-outlets-journalists-oppose-name-d-c-nfl-team/

Classmate's suggestion of "tugs at your heart strings" TV advertisement

http://www.adrants.com/2013/08/if-you-have-a-heart-this-wrigley-gum-ad.php

The ins and outs of product placement

From answers.com
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_product_placement_cost

How Apple has done it
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-product-placements-in-tv-and-movies-2012-8

From about.com
http://advertising.about.com/od/advertisingglossary/g/Product-Placement-Advertising.htm

CU study:
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/09/23/covert-product-placements-tv-shows-increase-consumers%E2%80%99-memories-and-brand

Forbes article:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/09/25/anathema-no-more-breaking-bad-is-redefining-rules-for-product-placement/

KUSA airs story of child abuse amid threats it will be prosecuted

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kusa-airs-child-abuse-story-despite-threat-of-criminal-charges_b107399

More on ads at security check lines

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/your-client-at-airport-security-checkpoints/

Phone-hacking trial begins in UK after two years of waiting

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/trials-former-murdoch-confidantes-begin-uk/

Update Oct. 30: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/britain-hacking-idUSL5N0II1PN20131030

Naked Vegas: Reality show worth watching?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/naked-vegas-stick-day-job/

Ad-sponsored editorial content continues to be scrutinized

The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/business/media/ad-sponsored-editorial-content-draws-regulators-notice.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131028

Tailgate potties

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/business/media/winning-sports-fans-hearts-by-giving-them-somewhere-to-go.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131028

Vodka ad

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15329.aspx

Cheetos and Google team up to TP the world

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15456.aspx

Some explanations of the kind of people working at ad agencies

http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/work-wankers-highlights-annoying.php

Meaningful "ads" for the homeless

Salvation Army:
http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/salvation-army-places-street-signs-on.php

RyanAir's CEO tweets questionable

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15477.aspx

What PR professionals worry about

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15402.aspx

Urban Outfitters won't cover the Book of Jezebel after blogger's bad press

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15485.aspx

PR and brand journalism

What do you think?
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15418.aspx

Pepto-Bismol tweet ungrammatical, yet popular

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15501.aspx

Let's call girls women, please

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15468.aspx

Is your boss a psychopath?

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15488.aspx

Look at all these scholarships for journalism students!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2013/10/17/investigate-scholarships-for-journalism-students

Instead of a resignation letter. . .

. . . employee creates rap song for quitting his ad agency digitas.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/departing-digitas-staffer-turns-mc_b55142

Social media and doctors

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/your-doctor-spying-your-tweets-social-media-raises-medical-privacy-8C11427782

An example of a communications crisis: Healthcare.gov

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/pres-obama-the-affordable-care-act-is-not-just-a-website_b200575

Goodwill Halloween: Just for fun

Love it or hate it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4De9it-8Q

Tips for college journalists

Good points: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/10/advice-for-college-journalists-dont-do-what-i-did/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=0a3f9e26fb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-0a3f9e26fb-286200613

Advertising stunt: Gone too far?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/imagine-carrie-coffee-shop/
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15471.aspx

Blank pages in the NY Times? What?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/whats-blank-pages-nyt/

Entertainment: Reality show brings up moral issues

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/governors-wife-just-vote/

More on the ethics of native advertising

http://adage.com/article/media/publishers-native-ads-editorial/244904/

MSNBC's blooper of a tweet

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/10/msnbc-glitch-caused-tweet-story-on-bill-young-retirement-175812.html?hp=r7

Atlanta news org apologizes for weird Twitter post

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/227002/atlanta-journal-constitution-posts-deletes-extremely-weird-tweet/

Conde Nast publishing ends internship program after being sued

http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/internships-ending-7242603?module=hp-media

Facebook and beheading clips

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/22/facebook-irresponsible-beheadings-david-cameron

Grambling students create uproar

http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/gramblinite.php

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9846943/grambling-state-tigers-players-send-letter-complaint-administration

The distasteful news anchor tweet

I welcome your comments.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/news-anchor-criticized-comparing-shooting-breaking-bad-article-1.1478110

SEO, social media and journalism

I welcome your comments.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-harris-lipschultz/-sponsored-content-disclosure_b_4054504.html

Just where is Hong Kong?

I welcome your comments.http://www.thewrap.com/cnn-hong-kong-south-america/

The "in-house" plaigarist

I welcome your comments.http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/08/plagiarism-canada

CNBC staffers fired for thefts

I welcome your comments.https://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc-staffers-fired-for-theft_b199487

Socially responsible promotion from McDonalds

I welcome your comments.http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/mcdonalds-to-distribute-20-million-books-in-happy-meal-promotion_b78916

Fact-checking to start on columnists, bloggers

I welcome your comments.http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politifact-to-start-fact-checking-tv-hosts-and-guests-with-punditfact_b199734

PR flack overheard at coal meeting

I welcome your comments.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabe-elsner/pr-flack-caught-on-tape-r_b_4079632.html

Scientific American blogger's post deleted: Ethical or not?

http://jezebel.com/sciam-apologizes-for-deleting-bloggers-post-on-being-c-1444576536

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/on-science-communication-respect-and-coming-back-from-mistakes/I welcome your comments.

Healthnews Watchdog catches a flaw

http://www.medpagetoday.com/GarySchwitzer/41697

Plagiarism tests for journalists?

http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/plagiarism-and-attribution-tests-for-journalists-a-must-or-not_b22841

Hash tag conversations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA

Pulitzer-prize winner Seymour Hersh disses U.S. journalism

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media?CMP=ema_546&et_cid=50593&et_rid=1249947&Linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fmedia%2fmedia-blog%2f2013%2fsep%2f27%2fseymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media

Pepsi and its ad font

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15290.aspx

Please pay our interns!

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15166.aspx

The crackdown on online comments

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15298.aspx

CNN Crossfire returns with ethics problem

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15264.aspx

Jon Stewart shut down Crossfire many years ago:
http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/2013/08/cnns_crossfire_returns_after_j.php

Pasta-maker finds himself in hot water

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15302.aspx#

The modern P.T. Barnum

http://www.business2community.com/public-relations/modern-p-t-barnum-0612432

Wall Street columnist fired for lying on resume

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/wall-street-journal-elizabeth-obagy-fired-96637.html

Esquire.com has bad day

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/223409/esquire-com-has-worst-911-mixup-imaginable/

Gannett's new social media guidelines

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/09/10/read-gannetts-social-media-policy-memo/

What?! Anger at Miss America Pageant

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-lot-of-people-are-very-upset-that-an-indian-american-woman

Social media and the Red Lobster server

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15227.aspx

I welcome your comments.

Ad: Giving is the best communication

http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/this-thai-ad-will-bring-tears-to-your.php

Red Bull ad angers those in the UK

http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/red-bulls-titanic-joke-not-well.php

"Flo" ad above U.S. Navy shooting disconcerting

http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/dc-navy-shooting-sponsored-by.php

Native advertising a threat to journalism?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/business/media/storytelling-ads-may-be-journalisms-new-peril.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20130916

Miley Cyrus or Syria?

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/09/usa-12-times-more-interested-in-miley-than-syria.html

Twerker really a stunt woman

http://mashable.com/2013/09/10/jimmy-kimmel-twerking-girl-stunt-prank/

What happened to the wall between editorial and advertising staffs?

http://adage.com/article/media/publishers-enlist-editorial-staffers-ad-content/244025/

Using the "R" word

ESPN blog tells the story: http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/119/so-what-if-espn-refused-to-use-the-r-word

Kenneth Cole's latest tweet

http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/pr-fail-kenneth-cole-still-thinks-war-is-a-funny-promo-gimmick_b71879

More on e-cigarettes and the possible ban from TV ads

http://adage.com/article/media/tv-ban-looms-e-cigarette-marketers/243945/

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/will-e-cigarette-advertising-go-smoke/

Jon Stewart returns from Jordan.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-3-2013/jon-stewart-returns

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-3-2013/jon-learns-what-happened-over-the-summer

Auto news writing!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/video/thefold/auto-journalism-creates-words-without-writers/2013/08/19/ec9bd91c-0911-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_video.html?hpid=z2

Marketing: Ohio State considers name for its emergency room

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15130.aspx

Socially responsible CVS?

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15137.aspx.

Golf Channel missteps 50 years after MLK Jr. speech

http://adage.com/article/adages/epic-golf-channel-fail-march-washington-anniversary/243880/

Reporting in Pakistan

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/columns/31-Aug-2013/the-man-and-the-media

A collection of professional codes from IIT

http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/

To disclose or not disclose?

Complicated issue! My conversation with Josh Wolf included in this article:
http://www.journalismthatmatters.net/to_disclose_or_not_disclose

Woolwich attack: Publish the photos or not?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-national-newspapers

Should brands pay bloggers to promote their products?

http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/should-brands-pay-online-influencers-to-promote-their-products_b70709

Controversy over Vogue photos

Yahoo's CEO poses: http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15083.aspx#

Ethics of Care revisited

The Journal of College and Character posts new articles, including one editor and one article on the Ethics of Care.

http: //w w w. naspa. org/membership/mem/jcc. cfm

Cheney's contract cut with Fox

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/detail/15065/

Rolling Stone cover

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/6278/20130719/rolling-stone-magazine-cover-publication-defends-right-boston-bomber-suspect.htm

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/18/rolling-stone-cover-controversy-overshadows-the-magazines-investigative-journalism/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2368052/Rolling-Stone-tries-defend-Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-cover-falling-traditions-journalism.html

CNN says Wolf Blitzer not sexy enough

We won't be seeing him much in the future--just some new, hipper faces.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/cryin-wolf-cnn-wolf-blitzer-airtime-article-1.1360788

Bloomberg and ethics, May 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/in-bloomberg-uproar-ethi_n_3284025.html

Tech writers and free stuff

http://valleywag.gawker.com/which-journalists-accepted-free-laptops-from-google-507673690

CNN screws up again

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-takes-cnn-to-task-with-epic-mockery-of-networks-jodi-arias-trial-coverage/

Flula picks up hitch-hikers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzFhzeGDK0A

Creepy graph search

On facebook: http://mashable.com/2013/01/23/facebook-graph-search-creepiness/

Annoying facebook posts

From mashable: http://mashable.com/2012/08/14/facebook-annoying/

Politico and anonymous sources

Eleven examples:
http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3908/11_examples_of_politicos_addiction_to_anonymous_sources__journalisms_crack_cocaine.php

Half cab, half cop car

I Virginia:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/its-a-cab-no-its-a-cop-car/

Social media ethics

Five tips:
http://www.inboundmarketingagents.com/inbound-marketing-agents-blog/bid/286985/Social-Media-Ethics-What-Your-Brand-Needs-To-Know

Creepy promo for film festival

Watch it if you dare:
http://www.adrants.com/2013/04/the-most-disgusting-film-festival-ad-you.php

Cox media sued over "retarded news"

http://gma.yahoo.com/family-sues-over-offensive-images-autistic-son-105318058--abc-news-topstories.html

(Thanks to Haley for sharing)

Jayson Blair in three parts

http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/national/article_5b22b30e-b090-11e2-b2ee-001a4bcf6878.html

Blair was fired from the NY Times in 2003 because of plagiarism and fraud

Fake reporter

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/04/26/meet-michelle-boatley-fake-thomson-reuters-legal-publication-reporter/

A J Clemente supported by Letterman

http://www.wmmr.com/shows/preston-and-steve/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10536009

Tweets during the Boston Marathon

http://socialmediatoday.com/augieray1/1407041/three-steps-increase-ethics-social-media-marketing?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=hootsuite_tweets

Journalism or press release? Tool helps determine

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/is-it-journalism-or-just-a-repackaged-press-release-heres-a-tool-to-help-you-find-out/275206/

More surprise videos . . .

. . . full of cliches.
http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=332039

. . . and a one-source story
http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=332297

Media mistakes over the years

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/14304.aspx

Student newspaper columnist fired

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/pitt-news-columnist-fired-in-wake-of-secret-society-allegations-683670/

Fox pulls Family Guy episode

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/boston-bombings-fox-pulls-family-guy-episode-depicting-marathon-carnage-86196

Thanks to Haley for pointing this out!

Your phone telling you what to buy

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/hey-psst-this-breads-great-buy-a-loaf/

NYPost's front page 'a new low'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/ny-post-boston-suspects-bag-men-front-page_n_3109052.html?utm_hp_ref=media

Socialmedia.org CEO talks ethics

http://www.socialmedia.org/blog/social-media-ethics-briefing-staying-out-of-trouble-live-from-blogwell-12/

Know ethics and . . .

. . .  statistics. Journalists need to know how to use stats.  Try a MOOC.
http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/15-resources-for-journalists-to-learn-about-stastics_b18763

Social media editors might be dangerous to your news org

Comments from the awl.com site
http://www.theawl.com/2013/04/is-your-social-media-editor-destroying-your-news-organization

Reuters fires social media editor:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/22/reuters-deputy-social-media-editor?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Free online class from UMass: Build a website

http://www.umass.edu/journalism/mooc/?utm_source=Bistro&utm_campaign=MOOC_2013&utm_medium=Banner&ut%20m_content=newsletter_300

Social media intern in fast food ad

Stereotype?
http://www.adrants.com/2013/04/social-media-bimbo-thinks-copy-machine.php

A comedy show via Twitter

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/business/comedy-central-to-host-comedy-festival-on-twitter.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20130422&_r=0

Television and social media continue to partner

Bad day for new TV anchor

How to get fired--fast
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/14324.aspx#

And now he is invited to the Today show
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fired-bismarck-anchor-to-appear-on-today_b176814

Boston photos

http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/04/15/fit-to-print/

Surprise video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61mjQPbW7b8

Pollsters and Conflict of Interests

http://www.golocalprov.com/news/media-experts-question-pollsters-dual-rolls-for-speaker-and-media/

TV reporter does "promo" dance at site of fatal fire

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/202914931.html

Denver weather guy apologizes for report

Mike Nelson. :-(
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/14258.aspx

McDonald's apologizes for ad. . .

. . .it says it did not create.
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/14261.aspx

Commentary: Balanced or biased

From the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/opinion/sunday/douthat-media-balance-and-bias.html

Long-form journalism continues--just clicks away

Story from NPR:
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/12/176954687/great-long-form-journalism-just-clicks-away

New PR strategy at Walgreens

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/14266.aspx
Commentary

BBC will air program about North Korea

But there is an ethical dilemma in there:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22144667

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308876/BBC-crew-used-students-university-human-shields-film-undercover-North-Korea.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/15/bbc-north-korea-panorama-lse?CMP=twt_gu

NYT changes obit after outcry!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/31/ny-times-yvonne-brill-obituary-criticism_n_2988690.html

Jim Carrey takes on the gun issue

Fair or not? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/29/carrey-calls-conservative-media-critics-bullies/

AP: "Illegal immigrant" no longer AP style

The AP reports: http://blog.ap.org/2013/04/02/illegal-immigrant-no-more/

Argh: The Journalism of "Me"

New HBO program "Vice" commits cardinal sin of journalism!
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/vice-guilty-of-the-no-1-sin-of-reporters/

Next FCC chair will affect journalism

CJR reports:
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/new_fcc_head_and_journalism.php

More on fake Twitter followers

The New York Times reports:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-followers-becomes-multimillion-dollar-business/

More cell phones on Earth than toilets

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/more_people_have_cell_phones_than_toilets_u.n._study_shows/

What do J-school students need to know?

The revered Columbia School of Journalism's new dean allegedly might not know.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2013/03/24/michael-wolff-media-columbia-journalism/2015785/

Journalists blurring professional and personal?

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/208523/journalists-share-arguments-for-against-using-same-sex-marriage-symbols-on-their-social-media-profiles/

Fake twitter service begins

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/new_fake_twitter_service_that_lets_you_create_false_celebrity_messages_coul/

Birds and Bees: Does TV station go too far?

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/poll-does-wfaa-promo-about-birds-and-the-bees-go-too-far_b85104

What? Do you pay for followers?

This practice could cost you your job--and creditiblity:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chereenzaki/2013/03/26/paying-for-followers-may-cost-you-a-job/

The seal who allegedly killed Bin Laden

Big problems with mag story: http://gawker.com/5992516/that-esquire-story-about-the-seal-who-killed-osama-bin-laden-is-complete-bs-according-to-another-seal

NM Community College Newspaper reinstated

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/03/27/abqnewsseeker/updated-daily-lobo-suspends-print-publication-in-protest-of-cnm-decision.html

Esquire Editor OK with objectifying women

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/esquire-editor-is-cool-with-objectifying-women_b79111

CNN goes easy on rapists?

http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/cnn-soft-rapists-steubenville-coverage-sparks-debate-81861?page=0%2c0

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/cnns_steubenville_rape_coverage_draws_petition_demanding_apology/

Reality Shows: Still Valid?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/tell-us-are-reality-shows-still-relevant/

'Girls Gone Wild' goes bust

http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-01/news/37375167_1_powerful-women-kim-kardashian-black-keys

Broadcasting executions in China

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/live_china_tv_coverage_of_executions_raises_outcry/

Worst media disaster of February

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13957.aspx#

Bloomberg's racist cover

http://www.alternet.org/media/bloomberg-businessweek-should-explain-how-its-racist-cover-got-selected-and-published?akid=10127.28015.2UrZUK&rd=1&src=newsletter802823&t=3


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/bloomberg-business-week-housing-cover-racist-173444874.html

No more ombudsperson at the Wash Post

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-01/lifestyle/37374338_1_reader-representative-post-ombudsman-hiatt

http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/washington-post-confirms-elimination-obudsman-79886

The digitally manipulated photo

https://nppa.org/node/38306

Today's lazy reporters

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13951.aspx#

Turn off digital billboards

Scenic Anerica sighs:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/scenic-america-turn-off-digital-billboards/

Some journos OK with PR people reading copy . . .

Especially if the info is complicated!
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13946.aspx

The Onion and the C word

Is its brand tarnished? PR Daily muses:
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13949.aspx#

Matt Lauer makes a dad PSA

http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/pew_identifies_four_newspapers.php

Some newspapers make money--at least 4 of them

http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/pew_identifies_four_newspapers.php

Plagiarist gets paid to speak at Knight luncheon

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/204005/jonah-lehrer-talks-about-plagiarism-at-knight-lunch/

Will media orgs finally pay interns?!

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/02/will-lawsuits-prompt-media-companies-to-pay-student-interns044.html

AP criticized for same-sex marriage language

http://www.ejc.net/media_news/associated_press_criticized_for_update_to_same-sex_marriage_language/

CNN's cruise ship coverage under scrutiny

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/cnn-cruise-ship-zucker_n_2687679.html

What?!

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/02/elon-musks-data-doesnt-back-his-claims-new-york-times-fakery/62149/

Athletes with bad images

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13795.aspx

Buyouts at the NY Times

What does this mean?
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13797.aspx

Murdoch might get rid of Page 3 topless photos

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/11/rupert-murdoch-page-3-axe?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Privacy and the media: Pregnant Kate

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/13/kate-middleton-pregnancy-photos-australia?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Louisville columnist quits, sticks with his principles

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/feb/18/us-press-publishing-newspapers?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

AP puts out blanket correction for Manti's girlfriend

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/10/associated-press-manti-teo-correction_n_2657778.html

Blogger spoils SI swimsuit issue "surprise"

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/02/08/blogger-spoils-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-launch/

Stock photos and the news

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/203021/use-of-generic-photos-to-illustrate-news-stories-can-be-dangerous/

Newspapers held onto drone story

What would you do?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/06/us-newspapers-accused-complicity-drone?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

New study: PR professional ethical conscience of the company

http://www.grbj.com/blogs/6-pr-media/post/76052-is-pr-your-organizations-conscience

Will together be better for Colorado news orgs?

http://www.niemanlab.org/2013/02/better-together-colorado-nonprofit-news-site-i-news-and-rocky-mountain-pbs-join-forces/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=eca2fc7829-DAILY_EMAIL&utm_medium=email

Family condemns TMZ murder video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/17/tmz-video-murder-condemned-victims-family?CMP=EMCMEDEML665

Targets ads criticized

http://www.adrants.com/2013/01/do-targets-new-ads-misogynistically.php

Ad criticized for its untruths

http://www.adrants.com/2013/01/ad-banned-for-claiming-cream-will-make.php

SNL Starbuck parody, racist or not?

http://adage.com/article/the-media-guy/controversial-snl-starbucks-commercial-parody/239301/?utm_source=daily_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILy0n7l3G1g

GQ's "hottest women" list offensive, some say

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/gq-publishes-offensive--hottest-women--list-181608256.html

WP bureau chief plagiarizes academic article

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2013/01/16/washington-post-mexico-bureau-chief-admits-plagiarizing-academic-journal-in-panama-story/

Gates Foundation helps EJC with journalism grants

http://www.posta.be/t/ViewEmail/r/102C1F1A04DCA29A/ADA433CCCA3E490644D0DD5392A9C75A

Study: PR professionals can't be pressured to be unethical

http://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/pr-ethics-and-reputation-pr-professionals-are-not-yes-men-when-pressured-be-unethic

Voice of America board criticized

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/board-running-voice-america-condemned-article-1.1243471

Jon Stewart on the inauguration coverage

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewarts-epic-take-down-of-msnbc-fox-news-and-cnns-inauguration-coverage/

Google searches and the idiotic cable hosts

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/everyone-on-cable-news-is-an-idiot-or-terrible-person-according-to-google-instant-search/#0

Is this real? There is an app for that

http://www.niemanlab.org/2013/01/is-it-real-witness-builds-an-app-to-verify-user-submitted-content/

Beyonce at the inauguration

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57565248/beyonce-lip-synced-national-anthem-at-inauguration-marine-band-says/

CIG Hiring

Center for the :Study of Ethics in the Professions: List

http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/

The Manti Te'o Story and the reporters

http://www.npr.org/2013/01/18/169674364/media-circus-the-football-star-and-the-will-to-believe

Pepsi and Beyonce want to make you fat

https://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/coca-cola-to-america-were-making-you-fat_b54655

Hey! You can't publish photos posted on Twitter!

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/news-flash-for-the-media-you-cant-sell-photos-grabbed-from-twitter/

No more investigative journalism?

http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/daily-show-john-oliver-only-fictional-newsrooms-hire-investigative-reporters-video-73081

Atlantic magazine screws up

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/the-atlantic-apologizes-for-scientology-ad/

Media fall for football stories of "tragedy"

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

NRA ad tasteful or not?

PR Daily reports:
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/13601.aspx

Canadian journalists take freebies

Ikea serves up the freebies
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3628/Winnipeg_ikea_media_event_for_journalists__bloggers_gives_drinks__foods_and_swag_bags.php&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAxZrshQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=rzEYokFLwLk&usg=AFQjCNG6hx6YqFZ7lSQUG0KWJGlWk6tYjQ

Top 10 professions for psychopaths

. . . and journalism is one of the top 10.
http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/tv-radio-jobs-are-among-top-10-to-most-likely-attract-psychopaths_b13338

Nancy Grace and the "Vodka Mom"

Nancy Grace: Ethical or not?

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nancy-grace-cnn-reach-settlement-in-vodka-mom-lawsuit_b161322

Sandy Hook shooting and media ethics

Media ethics and the shooting

http://www.technicianonline.com/opinion/columnists/article_0cc48822-5adc-11e2-9b47-001a4bcf6878.html