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  • June 2008

    • Writing About Your Kids? Set Some Limits

      Slate  |  Jun 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Writing About Your Kids? Set Some Limits

      (Newser) - Writers can throw themselves head-first into the nasty, permanent archive that is the Internet—but what of their kids? Emily Bazelon polled writers for Slate and found that while details may differ, the general policy is, the more privacy the better. "The blog medium has a certain kind of immediacy, and a reciprocal surrendering of privacy, that we don't want in our lives forever,” says one writing dad. More »

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      children  • journalism  • ethics  • online privacy  • journalistic ethics  • personal privacy

  • March 2008

    • Reporter Held in Contempt in Anthrax Story

      Associated Press  |  Mar 8, 08 7:16 AM CST

      Reporter Held in Contempt in Anthrax Story

      (Newser) - A judge yesterday held a former USA Today reporter in contempt of court for refusing to disclose her sources in stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks, the AP reports. He also ordered her to pay daily fines reaching $5,000 out of her own pocket until she cooperates . The reporter wrote about an ex-Army scientist under scrutiny in the attacks. More »

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      September 11  • journalism  • anthrax  • John Ashcroft  • journalistic ethics

  • February 2008

    • The Cry Echoes: Leave Britney Alone!

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 1, 08 10:48 AM CST

      The Cry Echoes: Leave Britney Alone!

      (Newser) - As Britney Spears' public meltdown continues, the pop star has found an unlikely defender: Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's spin doctor. Writing in the Times of London, Campbell confesses to being a big Spears fan—her songs keep "popping up in the '25 most listened to' on my running iPod"—and regrets her transformation from human being to "news commodity." More »

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      Britney Spears  • Tony Blair  • journalism  • journalistic ethics  • Alistair Campbell

  • July 2007

    • Husband Is Suspect in Disappearance

      Associated Press  |  Jul 13, 07 9:20 AM CDT

      Husband Is Suspect in Disappearance

      (Newser) - Police named a suburban Chicago man a “person of interest” yesterday in the disappearance of his estranged wife, citing his lack of cooperation and their fears of foul play. Craig Stebic, who reported last seeing his wife on April 30, twice refused to let investigators talk to their children and “offered only minimal assistance to detectives,” a police chief said. More »

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      divorce  • journalism  • disappearance  • missing woman  • journalistic ethics  • Amy Jacobson  • Lisa Stebic  • Craig Stebic  • CBS2 Chicago

    • Bikini Anchor Shouldn't Have Been Fired

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 12, 07 5:22 PM CDT

      Bikini Anchor Shouldn't Have Been Fired

      (Newser) - As disgraced TV anchor Amy Jacobson pled her case in a series of interviews all over Chicago media today, Tribune blogger Eric Zorn made the (unpopular) case that she shouldn't have been fired. Accepting an invitation to a pool party at the home of a man she was covering showed bad judgment. But it's credible that she did it with legitimate intentions, he argues.   More »

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      news anchor  • journalistic ethics  • Amy Jacobson  • Craig Stebic

    • LA Mayor's Anchor Lover Suspended

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 6, 07 5:29 AM CDT

      LA Mayor's Anchor Lover Suspended

      (Newser) - Telemundo officials yesterday suspended Mirthala Salinas, the Los Angeles TV reporter and anchor who covered of the break-up of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's marriage even while she was having an affair with him. Salinas was placed on a leave of absence while the Spanish-language broadcaster investigates whether she breached journalistic ethics, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      news anchor  • journalistic ethics

  • May 2007

    • Murdoch May Have Killed Story on Wife

      Slate  |  May 11, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Murdoch May Have Killed Story on Wife

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch may have muscled an Aussie mag into dropping a profile of his third wife, Slate 's Jack Shafer speculates. Good Weekend suddenly jettisoned a 10,000-word piece on 38-year-old Wendi Deng last month, after paying writer Eric Ellis $25 grand for the heavily-researched story. More »

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      Dow Jones  • Rupert Murdoch  • journalism  • ethics  • journalistic ethics  • Wendi Deng

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