Episode 9 - How the Houston Chronicle Handled A Sourcing Scandal

Mike Ward was a veteran reporter at the Houston Chronicle. But when editors got a tip that some of the sources quoted in his stories could not be verified, they launched several internal investigations that led to his resignation this month and a very open review. I spoke to Chronicle interim editor Stephen Riley about how it was done. I also chatted with Lynn Walsh from the Society of Professional Journalists about the issue and how she is involved in helping newsrooms provide such open connections to readers through a great new program.

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Episode 9 - How the Houston Chronicle Handled A Sourcing Scandal is an episode from Joe's Media Corner by Joe Strupp.

This episode is 00:36:02 long.

This episode was published on Nov 14, 2018.

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