Media professionals worldwide who are interested in learning more about journalism ethics can attend this webinar.

News University, the e-learning arm of the Poynter Institute, offers a webinar, "Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing," which will be broadcast at 2 p.m. EST on May 9.

Topics include: how to recognize possible holes in your policies that might create gray areas; how to encourage transparency in reporting; how to encourage journalists to embed source links and in so doing enrich the readers' experience; and how to discuss ethics and attribution in your news organization.

The course instructor is Teresa Schmedding, president of the American Copy Editors Society and the deputy managing editor/digital for the Daily Herald Media Group in suburban Chicago.

This webinar costs US$29.95 to attend.

For more information, click here.