OpinionJournalism education This article is more than 10 years oldThe death of Dr V: ethics should matter more to journalists than storytellingThis article is more than 10 years oldBronwen CluneA Grantland article outing a trans person sparked a furore. Transparency doesn’t account for the fact that a journalist’s truth is not greater than that of their subjects Sometime around 18 October 2013, Dr Essay Anne Vanderbilt died alone. She killed herself shortly after learning that details of her former life were going to be exposed by a journalist who regarded the fact that she was born male a point of fascination.

Media lawWill Smith wins Hitler slur apologyHollywood actor Will Smith has won an apology and damages from an entertainment news agency after it distributed a story in which it alleged he had called Adolf Hitler a "good person". London-based World Entertainment News Network admitted at the high court today that the allegations were "misleading and published in error" and apologised for any distress and embarrassment they had caused to Smith, the star of films including Independence Day, Hitch and I Am Legend.

Victoria BeckhamA model figureReal Lives : She's been dubbed Skeletal Spice - but Victoria Beckham insists she's not too thin. So is she actually underweight and if she is, is it any of our business? Lucy Atkins investigatesFor breakfast I had two bowls of Sugar Puffs," said Posh Spice Victoria Beckham yesterday, countering hurtful tabloid accusations that she's turned into "Skeletal Spice". "For lunch two chicken fillets with loads of vegetables.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cooks while lecturing her viewers about politics. Photograph: AOC instagramAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez cooks while lecturing her viewers about politics. Photograph: AOC instagramAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez is using her millennial’s instinct for social media and her star quality to get her message across When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or talk up a storm about the minimum wage, healthcare and the existential struggle for democracy. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s latest Instagram live stream found the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress standing at a chopping board with two lemons and a plastic jug as she expounded her political philosophy.

Observer business profileYouTubeInterviewFrom hate speech to AI music: the YouTube chief trying to leap tech’s biggest hurdlesAlex LawsonAlison Lomax, London chief of the video platform, says it is committed to embracing artificial intelligence – but ‘responsibly’ Alison Lomax’s presence on the video streaming platform she runs is relatively scant compared with the YouTubers with whom she spends much of her time. But what clips exist succinctly chart the marketing tech revolution she’s been navigating: there’s a badly framed 12 minutes from 2014 of Lomax lecturing on the rise of influencers working with brands; in another she describes how TV companies woke up to the potential of partnering with YouTube in 2016; and there’s her on stage at London’s podcast show this year, discussing YouTube’s imminent relaunch into the booming audio format.