This error is from the front page of this week’s Somerville Journal. It refers to one of last week’s front page stories, which was probably completely unworthy of the front page were it not for the connection the reporter made between one of the men who was arrested and a former school committee member [...]
Reading this piece by a once and future journalism professor about a recent New York Times error reminds me of an anecdote one of my reporter colleagues told me about a journalist trying to interview him about a famous scientist because he had interviewed him once and this other journalist couldn’t get in touch with [...]
This New York Times Company series of reports analyzes newsroom operations in light of Jayson Blair’s plagiarism and fabrication. Perhaps the most notable change is the addition of an ombudsman. They will also work harder to ensure that every employee gets an annual review. An outline of some of the changes is [...]
Today’s Connection, a 90.9 WBUR radio program broadcast nationally and over the Internet, will talk about the controversy surrounding whether the British government exaggerated Iraqi weapons reports that the BBC has been covering. It will also discuss David Kelly’s role in the matter. This segment of the show airs from10 to 11 am [...]
Susan Watts, science editor of the BBC’s Newsnight, is now giving a tape of her interview with David Kelly to the judicial inquiry into Dr. Kelly’s death. A few days ago, the BBC revealed that Dr. Kelly, a scientist familiar with Iraq’s weapons, was the source for some of its reports that the British [...]
The BBC has had a rough few days. Over the weekend, a coroner decided that David Kelly, a British Iraqi arms specialist, committed suicide. Dr. Kelly had recently testified before the Commons foreign affairs select committee about whether the British government exaggerated claims about Iraq’s weapons in order to strengthen a case for [...]
C.W. Nevius of the San Francisco Chronicle has some interesting thoughts on what the Jayson Blair and Blair Hornstine plagiarism incidents mean for the future of research and writing. Nevius explores where the “cut-and-paste generation” got their start.
Should publications verify information in obituaries before they print them? Harvard Magazine, the alumni magazine for Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, printed a correction in their latest edition for an obituary they printed two years ago because the person, Erik Humphrey Gordon, is not dead. [...]
Roswell Daily Record Sports Editor Gregory Jones was fired in June for using quotes from a character in “Caddyshack” and creating three paragraphs in an article about a golf tournament.
Blair Hornstine, who has been in the news recently for filing a law suit against her high school because she wants to be the only valedictorian in her graduating class, seems to have plagiarized while writing for the New Jersey Courier-Post. Hornstine addresses her errors in her column on Tuesday. She writes: [...]