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What we talk about when we talk about public media

If you’ve been following my blog posts to and from the public radio conference in New Orleans, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t talked much about what we talked about there. You’ve heard about my train ride, about food...

NPR’s new journalistic standards and being fair to the truth

NPR recently updated its journalistic standards. This includes new wording on NPR’s mission and core principles. You can read every word here, though most of it is pretty basic stuff. Except this: In all our stories, especially matters of...

Is it ethical for Cuomo’s ethics panel to meet behind closed doors?

As Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new ethics panel begins meeting, the group has raised eyebrows by holding two meetings — one on a conference call and the other in a closed executive session — without public scrutiny. This from...

News stories tagged with "ethics"

APA Clears Staff Of Ethics Charges

by Brian Mann

Apr 11, 2006 — The Adirondack Park Agency says two staff members didn't violate state ethics laws by trying to steer projects to one of the workers' spouses. The findings were released Monday. The state Ethics Commission claimed last month that there was "reasonable cause" to believe that a violation had occurred. APA officials reviewed the allegations last week. Brian Mann has details. Go to full article

Alex Bay Judge Resigns After Censure

by Greg Warner

Sep 22, 2005 — A judge in Alexandria Bay has resigned following censure by a state commission. The commission recommended that Judge Charles Pennington be removed from the bench for using racially tinged language during a trial, and for taking a 17-year-old defendant to his home after another trial. Pennington says he will appeal, but this isn't the first time he's been censured by the commission. Go to full article

Nobel laureate John Fenn

Nobel Laureate: Money Hurting Science Ed.

by David Sommerstein

Apr 05, 2005 — A Nobel prize winner is on campus at Clarkson University today. John Fenn is a research professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 2002 for a pioneering technique for weighing large biological molecules. Fenn's career spans more than fifty years. During that time, he's seen government funding of scientific research increase dramatically. He'll give a lecture at Clarkson about how the money has affected science education. David Sommerstein spoke with him yesterday. Go to full article

Hour 1: Special Call-in with NPR Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin

by NCPR News

Mar 30, 2005 — Jeffrey Dvorkin, National Public Radio Ombudsman, takes questions from NCPR listeners on issues of media accountability, the independence of NPR News, quality of service, editorial guidelines, business practices and more in a wide-ranging community discussion of public broadcasting standards. Dvorkin will speak at 7:30 pm tonight in the Student Center at St. Lawrence University in Canton NY. Go to full article

Groups Seek to Strengthen Government Ethics Enforcement

by Karen DeWitt

Jan 08, 2002 — Good government groups are asking Governor Pataki to scrap the current State Ethics Law in favor of a stronger measure. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article

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