Plagiarism is not an acceptable attribute of a journalist - Turning in someone else's work as your own. It is also considered plagiarism if you only change just a few words from a press release.
Fabrication is to make up a story for the purpose of deception (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Speculating on what may of happened is also fabrication.
Jayson Blair is an example of a journalist who had good skills but left his work after producing work that was plagiarised on more than one occasion. Watch a video of Jayson Blair admitting his error here.
Jayson was diagnosed with a bipolar disorder later in 2003.
The most difficult thing for journalists is dealing with your name going on the story, but one thing to think before you publish the story is what harm can it do?
No comments:
Post a Comment