Monthly Archives: June 2012

SciWriteLabs 8.2: Is it kosher to re-use wording from Facebook updates in your journalism? And: do we need a Son of Sam law for media miscreants?

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 29, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged blogging, Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Facebook, Jack Shafer, Jayson Blair, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Finkel, Mike Barnicle, Paresh Jha, plagiarism, Salon.com, Son of Sam laws, The New Yorker | 4 Comments

SciWriteLabs 8.1: The Lehrer affair, consequence-free plagiarism, and rules for blogging

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 28, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jayson Blair, Jonah Lehrer, Malcolm Gladwell, plagiarism, Rolling Stone, Salon.com, Stephen Glass, The New York Times, The New Yorker | 15 Comments

Jonah Lehrer and the Blair-O-Meter: My effort to quantify media misdeeds

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 28, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Salon.com | Leave a comment