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Posts Tagged Media Accountability
Reuters report provides background for UK press reform
Posted by Michael Wise in Media Policy on May 15, 2012
A new report by Reuters Institute visiting fellow Laura Fielden shows that incentive programs and increased penalties for news outlets may help rehabilitate the oft-criticized UK media regulatory system.
In response to recent critiques from both the government and the public, the UK’s Press Complaints Commission announced their intention to launch a new media regulatory system this past March. Yet as journalists and officials attempt to map their new regulatory path, the complexity of the task grows more apparent.
In her report, titled, “Regulating the Press: A comparative study of international press councils,” Fielden suggests the heart of the UK press council debate is the issue of whether regulation should be voluntary or mandatory. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone Breath
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on January 14, 2011
American cable television, with the exception of the Weather Channel, is stressful.
Venturing into U.S. cable news on a regular basis requires a certain level of mental preparation, at the very least a moderate yoga regime and a happy place. There’s a great deal of scoffing and shrieking, on occasion a blood vessel threatens to burst. It is, at times, not unlike watching a verbose precursor to a “meet me by the dumpsters” brawl.
When Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head last Saturday in an Arizona shopping center, journalists far and wide linked the incident to America’s “toxic” political rhetoric. Sarah Palin’s tendency to employ gun imagery drew particular attention, largely in reference to a map placing crosshairs over Read the rest of this entry »
Error Alliance
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on December 7, 2010
An alliance of news organizations unite for accuracy.
The Report an Error Alliance, formed by Scott Rosenberg of MediaBugs and Craig Silverman of Regret the Error, is designed to improve accuracy in news coverage by giving readers the option to report errors they’ve discovered online. “The Web offers an incredible chance to enhance journalism standards,” writes Federica Cherubini of editorsweblog.org. “Not only can journalists apply (or should apply) the same standards of Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Epp Lauk
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 24, 2010
Interview with Epp Lauk, Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability systems in Estonia?
There are two press councils in Estonia – the Newspaper Association’s Press Council (since 2002) and the Estonian Press Council (since 1991). As there is no cooperation between the two councils and there even is an agreement among the newspapers who are members of the Newspaper Association to ignore the Estonian Press Council, I would say that both have little effect.
Q: Do you believe there should be a new ethical code specifically for online journalism? Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Daniela Kraus
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 10, 2010
Daniela Kraus of Medienhaus Wien discusses media accountability, media ethics and innovations in Austrian journalism.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Austria?
It would be easier to mention examples that have failed. In Austria, there hasn’t been a press council since 2002. These are really exceptional circumstances, whereas a new “press council” is being founded at the moment. In general, there is hardly any media journalism in Austria in the ‘old media’ and hardly any discourse about media and journalism.
However, postings in the media coverage section on the Internet are working quite well. Derstandard.at has quite lively media coverage, actually the only extensive, noteworthy Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Heikki Heikkilä
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 4, 2010
Interview with Heikki Heikkilä, Journalism Research and Development Centre, University of Tampere
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Finland?
A: Finland is known for its established media accountability systems. There is a very long tradition of codes of ethics for journalists, a very long tradition of press councils and those are still active. The fact that they still exist and that they are used by journalists shows that they are quite successful. At the same time they are facing problems; they are having lots of difficulties to adjust with the changes of the environment. They are in the process of rediscovering themselves – and I would not call them real success stories at the moment.
Then, there are other forms of media accountability – also academic. Read the rest of this entry »
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