In the News

McBride on publishing bin Laden photo: "We need to be mindful of how our behavior is being perceived abroad"

Kelly McBride, Senior Faculty, Ethics, Reporting and Writing, is quoted in a Palm Beach Post story about releasing photos of Osama bin Laden. Read the story here.

Tompkins: "There are two ways to lie"

Poynter’s Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, Broadcast and Online, tells Vermont Public Radio his opinion of James O’Keefe. Read and listen to the story here.

McBride: "A lot of people who do journalism do it badly"

Kelly McBride, Senior Faculty, Ethics, Reporting and Writing, was quoted by The Dallas Morning News in a story about naming a suspect based on just a tip. Read the article here.

Rick Edmonds explains what the recent relaunch of Newsweek says about the magazine industry.

Rick Edmonds, Media Business Analyst & Leader of News Transformation, was interviewed on American Public Media’s Marketplace in a story about the revamped Newsweek and the magazine industry. Read the transcript here.

Tompkins: “For an anchor to profit from working with them is definitely a conflict of interest”

Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, Broadcast and Online, was quoted on Cincinnati.com in a story about a local TV anchor’s advertising and marketing agency and its work with a local casino. Read the full story here.

Media Matters: Tompkins quoted about John Roberts' move from CNN to Fox

Poynter’s Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty Broadcast and Online, is quoted in a Media Matters article about whether John Roberts will drink the ‘Fox News Kool-Aid?’ Read the story here.

McBride quoted in New England Cable News in a story about collaboration between WikiLeaks and respected media

Poynter’s Kelly McBride, Senior Faculty, Ethics, Reporting and Writing, is quoted in a New England Cable News story about an extraordinary collaboration between some of the world’s most respected media outlets and the WikiLeaks organization. Read it here.

Edmonds on Bloomberg's early reporting of Disney's earnings

Rick Edmonds, Poynter’s Media Business Analyst & Leader of News Transformation, was quoted in the Star Tribune’s story about how linking sensitive info to easy-to-guess Web address caused tangled Disney earnings release. Read the story here.

Tompkins on U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West’s new Chief of Staff

Al Tompkins, Poynter’s senior faculty for broadcast & online, is quoted in “Media expert sees Joyce Kaufman pick unusual, may lead to public insights” on SunSentinel.com in a story about picking a radio talk show host as his chief of staff. Read it here.

Clark on writing: Grammar glamorous

Roy Peter Clark, Poynter’s Vice-President and Senior Scholar, was quoted in “New Book Teaches Grammar Can Be Fun” in The Ledger about his new book, The Glamour of Grammar. Read the article here.