A measure of honor in journalism is the willingness to own up to mistakes. By that standard, Time has failed with a grossly inadequate response to some serious recent misinformation it foisted on readers.

The chief executive of one of America's biggest home builders claims to have fingered one of the responsible parties for the terrible times in the housing business.

Virgin America, the new discount airline, has adopted one of the hotel industry's most annoying ploys. It calls those who sit in its seats "guests" instead of what they really are: customers.

So Blackwater USA, creator of the most notorious mercenary army in decades, is trying to clean up its image.

Here's a brilliant PR move: Wreck the product your customers have bought, at great expense, and then improved.

The discovery that people inside companies and political organizations have been sprucing up what's said about them on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, may be the least surprising PR-related news in years.

One of the two notable American magazines devoted to criticism of the press is in trouble.

The first of the stock-options trials is over, and Gregory Reyes, former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, has been convicted of securities fraud in federal court.

What makes for good journalism? It's not so much a set of specific techniques or practices. It's all about principles.

In this media-saturated age, it's becoming more apparent that we need to update media literacy. When people create media, not just consume it, the task is more complex - and more vital than ever.