Joe's Media Corner
Joe's Media Corner
Joe Strupp
Episode 9 - How the Houston Chronicle Handled A Sourcing Scandal
36 minutes Posted Nov 14, 2018 at 4:10 pm.
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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.