PressEthic

Isn’t New Orleans completely without power? Where did all the lights come from?

This week the Australian Federal government refused to restrict fast food advertising to children. Meanwhile in California Government Schwarzenegger bans the sale of junk food in schools.

Another one for the case books: Political analyst and talk show host Jay Serin lies about receiving a Pulitzer

asap and hot zone want your readership-and you don't even have to read if you don't feel like it.

In New Zealand limits on broadcast political campaign budgets are done to give all parties a ‘fair opportunity convey their policies to the public.’ However these limits are only ostensibly fair and could provide opportunities for private individuals to outspend political parties on broadcast advertising.

The media needs to be on top of the issues every day, not just when it's a front page story.

This is about taking life is a little less seriously sometimes.

Will Google's new search engine add value or just more voices?

The pledge of allegiance has been found unconstitutional because of two words: 'under God'

An editorialist says a CNN producer asked him to get angry before appearing on the air for an interview related to Katrina. Is this fair journalism?

Louisiana based journalism is on shaky ground.

In the same week that Yahoo admitted to its complicity with the Chinese government in incriminating and jailing journalist Shi Tao (see Ryan McConnell's blog), it also announced its intention to begin a multi-faceted online news source at the end of September.

Are women’s magazines reflecting what we feel, or perpetuating stereotypes?

It is a known fact that newspaper readership is down. A study done in 2004 by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that readership had gone down by 10% since 1990. Advancements in technology are sure to blame, but what kind of news are we getting from these new outlets? Or is just all news old news?

The War on Terror has been compared to the Vietnam War many times. Does the parallel extend to memorials?