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Jayson Blair: ‘I’ve matured’ since resigning from New York Times 10 years ago today

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:30:31 +0000

Ellicott City Patch | The Diamondback

Jayson Blair, who resigned from The New York Times 10 years ago today, tells Andrew Metcalf he’s been been “dodging most” of the media requests he says he’s received about the 10-year anniversary.… Read more

Sunlight Foundation’s new plagiarism-detection software launches, claims a bust

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:19:12 +0000

Sunlight Foundation

A press release for Sunlight Foundation’s new plagiarism-detection tool Churnalism claims a bust right out of the gate: Reuters’ prematurely published obituary for George Soros “includes a number of references from his Wikipedia page,” it says.… Read more

Journalism orgs launch free ebook for preventing, detecting and handling plagiarism and fabrication

Craig Silverman — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:40:19 +0000

By the end of last summer, I was worn out.

It seemed like every week brought a new, awful incident of plagiarism or fabrication at news organizations large and small. My job was to write about all of them, to … Read more

Why we should stop criminalizing practices that are confused with plagiarism

Roy Peter Clark — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:26:49 +0000

Editor’s note: This essay represents the personal and professional opinions of Roy Peter Clark and should not be used to characterize the opinions of Poynter or the standards and practices of Poynter.org.

It is time to decriminalize certain practices now … Read more

Washington Post calls out Jane Goodall for plagiarism

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:35:05 +0000

The Washington Post
Jane Goodall’s upcoming book “Seeds of Hope” contains “at least a dozen passages borrowed without attribution, or footnotes, from a variety of Web sites,” Steven Levingston reports in The Washington Post. Some come from … Read more

Thayer accused of plagiarizing parts of article The Atlantic wanted to publish for free

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:28:17 +0000

Jeremy Duns | New York | CJR
“Nate Thayer is a plagiarist,” says Jeremy Duns.

If you’ve been following media news this week, you know that Thayer ignited a debate by publicly berating The Atlantic for asking him … Read more

Why two teachers advocate purposeful plagiarism

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:02:39 +0000

The Awl | Poynter
The poet Kenneth Goldsmith talked with Mark Allen last week about his studies in “uncreative writing”: His forthcoming book “Seven American Deaths and Disasters” transcribes radio and TV reports of tragedies; for another book … Read more

Jonah Lehrer earns $20,000 honorarium for talking about plagiarism at Knight lunch

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:49:49 +0000

At a talk this afternoon in Miami, Jonah Lehrer acknowledged his plagiarism and fabrications and described how he hopes to redeem his reputation. Lehrer read prepared remarks then answered questions from Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen and the … Read more

Another schools administrator resigns after plagiarizing in report

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:30:29 +0000

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ralph Taylor resigned Monday from the DeKalb County, Ga., school district, Ty Tagami reports. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found Taylor had plagiarized “more than a third” of a 15-page report he’d produced for the district. Taylor was … Read more

Report: Washington Post suspends William Booth

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:43:59 +0000

The Wrap
The Washington Post has suspended William Booth, Alexander C. Kaufman reports. The Post apologized earlier this week, saying Booth lifted copy from an article by a University of Southern California professor in a story he wrote … Read more