By Caroline Wilbert
Cox News Service
Published on 3/9/2004
Excerpt:
Bob Steele, a senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute who studies ethics, says a rise in such incidents could be partly due to the Internet, which allows reporters easier access to other journalists’ work. He said the industry is doing a better job of shining a light on transgressions.
He said an incident of plagiarism is a blow to a newspaper’s credibility in the community, as well as to internal morale. “It is a punch in the stomach when you have someone in your organization who does something wrong,” he said. “You realize your vulnerability.”
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