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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

After disappearing from his family’s site, Sears tells Facebook fans that measles outbreaks not “much risk” for infants

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 6, 2011

Category: Measles, Public health, Vaccines | Tagged Amazon, Bill Sears, Bob Sears, Facebook, MMR, Mothering.com, San Diego, The Autism Book, The Panic Virus, The Vaccine Book | 27 Comments