iMediaEthics
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Type of site | News website; media watchdog |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Owner | Art Science Research Laboratory |
| Created by | Rhonda Roland Shearer |
| Editor | Rhonda Roland Shearer (editor-in-chief) |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | No |
iMediaEthics (formerly stinkyjournalism.org) was a non-profit, non-partisan media ethics news site that published daily coverage and investigations about journalism standards, accuracy, and accountability. It is now published by the New York–based nonprofit Art Science Research Laboratory (ASRL) as an archive. [1][2]
History
The site launched in 2004 as StinkyJournalism.org and rebranded in 2011 as iMediaEthics, reflecting an expansion from long-form investigations to include daily media-ethics reporting and international coverage.[3][4] The site is edited and published by its founder, artist and journalist Rhonda Roland Shearer.[5]
Coverage and projects
iMediaEthics reports on topics such as plagiarism, corrections, libel, use of anonymous sources, and newsroom standards, and it maintains special investigations pages for multi‑story projects.[6] The site also publishes polling analysis and original surveys under its PollCheck project, directed by pollster David W. Moore, formerly of Gallup.[7][8]
Notable reporting
In 2017, The Washington Post credited iMediaEthics with identifying 14 unverifiable sources across multiple articles by crime reporter Kevin Deutsch, prompting broader re‑examination of his work at several outlets.[9] In 2016, Nieman Reports discussed iMediaEthics's investigation into photojournalism practices following the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, citing the site's analysis of how U.S. media publish graphic images of foreign versus American victims.[10] Reporting by iMediaEthics on international coverage—such as critiques of Western media reporting on Egypt—has also been cited by outside news outlets.[11]
Awards and recognition
iMediaEthics won the Mirror Award (Best Single Article, Digital Media) from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School for a report by Rhonda Roland Shearer and Malik Ayub Sumbal on photojournalism standards in coverage of the Bhutto assassination.[12][13][14]
In 2012 the site won the Mirror Awards (Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications) for Best Single Article, Digital Media (report on a double standard in photojournalism).[15]
References
- ↑ "About iMediaEthics". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Journalism & Ethics — iMediaEthics". Art Science Research Laboratory. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Stinky Journalism No More, Media Watchdog Rebrands to iMediaEthics" (Press release). PR Newswire. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "About iMediaEthics". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Rhonda Roland Shearer — Staff". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Special Investigations". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "iMediaEthics PollCheck". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "David W. Moore — Staff". iMediaEthics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ Wemple, Erik (17 September 2017). "A journalist on the crime beat becomes the subject of some skeptical journalism". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ Rosen, Jay (5 January 2016). "How Newsrooms Handle Graphic Images of Violence". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Non-for-profit media watchdog iMediaEthics slams New York Times' coverage of Egypt". Egyptian Streets. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Mirror Award Winners — 2012". S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Syracuse University. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Mirror Awards Honor Best Media Writing". WWD. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ Haring, Bruce (13 June 2012). "'New Yorker' Writer Wins First John M. Higgins Prize; Other Mirror Awards Announced". Deadline. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "Mirror Awards 2012 Winners". Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications. 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
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