Thursday, September 15, 2011

This is why journalism experience matters

Journalism experience does matter and this story illustrates it very well. That said, any Journalism 101 student should know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Another take on the story is here.
Posted by at

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

So this unprofessional idiot never heard about paraphrasing an interviewee's remarks? What an asshat. He should never be employed in journalism again.

17 September, 2011 18:36
Anonymous said...

Have a good time on your trip! Your Eldest

18 September, 2011 00:16
Anonymous said...

So now you have to approve all the messages on this site? Boo

18 September, 2011 00:17
Jim of L-Town said...

I have had comment moderation on this site for, oh, four years. Just for the record in all that time out of the hundreds of comments I've maybe axed two of them for (1) being SPAM and (2) the use of really foul language.

I have never axed a comment because it disagreed with my opinion.

My blog, my rules. Sorry.

18 September, 2011 09:16
inky said...

I agree with the gent from Forbes: The non-apology apology is nearly as bad as the original offense.

Although this has less to do with journalism experience and more with ethics. It's not right to steal anything, whether it's grapes at the supermarket or the work of an author, lyricist or journalist.

19 September, 2011 11:51
Anonymous said...

I once worked at a newspaper where, shortly before I was let go, I submitted a story about a girl who played rubgy. The following week, the story and photos were published under someone else’s byline—never mind I submitted them under my own name. I squawked but I don’t know if they ever corrected it. My editor at that time was without question the most unprofessional person I’ve ever worked with in journalism.

23 September, 2011 11:48
Jim of L-Town said...

Don't know if this will make you any happier, but all, or nearly all of my thousands of bylines at the Flint Journal are filed online under the byline of the person who posted them in the computer office.

I was told this was a quirk of the system and not an attempt to deprive credit. Seems ridiculous, but that is what passes for Internet Journalism at Booth and Advance.

23 September, 2011 15:02
Anonymous said...

Yep. I've seen that also, Jim. I used to freelance for the Journal, and they told me it was a glitch they'd fix. I even posted in the comment section of some that I was the real author of the story. To me, it's laziness on the Journal's part.

26 September, 2011 09:05
Anonymous said...

I was a freelancer for the Kalamazoo Gazette and many of my articles were published online under another person's name.

It's really a kick in the pants when they try to pay you beans and then the story is under another name! Booth/Advance has sunk low and they're getting lower by the day.

02 October, 2011 01:51
Pendragon said...

The same infuriating glitch happened to staff writers' work Boothwide. Epic fail during some MLive "upgrade" in 2009 or thereabouts. They kept promising to go back and fix it, but that never happened.

03 October, 2011 19:18

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)