Plagiarism: It’s worth talking about

This article first appeared in the AEJMC Media Ethics Division ETHICAL NEWS: SPRING 2019 • VOLUME 22, NO. 3. “Three major publications have acknowledged plagiarism by Fareed Zakaria. Does CNN have no shame?” This column in the Nov. 18, 2014 issue of The Week focuses on Fareed Zakaria, who was in the middle of a scandal that…

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Don’t Fear the Tweeter

This has been a year of speaking–literally from New York to California to Texas–spreading the iTunes, flipped class, social media word as it relates to journalism. The winter brought trips to Apple on both coasts–a “showcase” event filmed in New York and an Education Seminar filmed in Cupertino, Calif.–as well as an appearance at SXSWedu…

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Reaching for the Stars with Scott Gaudi

Story assignments can be a challenge. After all, you are writing someone else’s vision of an article, and that can go well, or require staggering rewrites. But sometimes you luck into stories that are gifts from the literary gods, as they introduce you to characters and scenarios barely even imagined. And the education you receive…

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A Writing Fiend

I have been writing like a wild person this summer–and it’s been awesome. I didn’t really realize how many articles I had been writing until I posted the links on my Story Archives page, and saw I’m working on better than a piece a month for the Columbus’ best magazines. And the people I have…

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While on Spring Break it’s Time to Write

We are enjoying Spring Break next week at Ohio State, and that can mean just one thing–it’s time to do some writing. While my students are on cruises and beaches or building homes for New Jersey’s poor, I am excited to be finishing and tackling some writing projects that let me explore much that is…

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