The author of a new book on journalism ethics (The Ethical Journalist: Making Responsible Decisions in the Pursuit of News) says he thinks newspapers are making a huge mistake by allowing their staffers to blog without an editor reading behind them.
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The Society of Professional Journalists plans a town hall meeting in St. Louis May 2 to examine media credibility. The public is encouraged to attend the free meeting.
Audience members will have the opportunity “to ask questions about how local stories are…
“Lost a Woobie?” asked a headline at the bottom of the front page of Monday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“Have we lost our minds?” a few readers asked editors in response. That’s not front-page news, the readers said.
The story details a “black market”…
Here’s an example of a mistake in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch that irritates readers but won’t result in a published correction. A reader identifying herself as “Ye old schoolmarm” sent an email noting:
“In Madoff story from AP, p. 6, column…
STLtoday’s lead headline for much of yesterday morning was “Amish travelers among Hwy. 40 crash victims”
As we discussed our Page One display for this morning, copy editor Roger Kuechler criticized that online approach. “So they’re Amish, why’s that worth being in the headline?” His…
