by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2011
UK Site Churnalism Matches News Articles with Press Releases
Churnalism.com, a new non-profit website established by the Media Standards Trust, seeks to identify when stories published in the news...
Proper Attribution
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2010
NBC’s Jay Leno Forced to Credit Bloggers for Video After Complaints of No Attribution
The online world rallied around another case of a media outlet not giving credit to bloggers. In this case, NBC's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Fishbowl DC Criticizes Washington Post for not Crediting Sources
Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC editor Betsy Rothstein slammed the Washington Post for not crediting other media outlets in two stories...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 26, 2010
Denver Post: “Dear blogger: I didn’t crib you”
State Bill Colorado, a news website that is focused on Colorado's General Assembly, wrote Sept. 16 characterizing the Denver Post as "sending mixed...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2010
Australian Journalist Argues Online Linking Part of Transparency
Jacinda Woodhead wrote for the Australian Broadcast Corp. that in the interest of transparency, news organizations should link to source...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 08, 2010
The Wrap sends cease and desist letter to Newser: Stop stealing our original content !
How much attribution is sufficient when posting information from a news organization onto another Web site or blog? That question,...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 02, 2010
Journalism Lessons: The ABCs of Not Plagiarizing
In the aftermath of last months plagiarism scandals at the New York Times and Daily Beast, there were lots of...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 28, 2009
Poaching from Blogs: NYPost Re-reported, Gave No Credit to Blogger
Last week, we wrote about the New York Post poaching a story from a blog called NewYorkShitty.com and not crediting...
by Katie Rolnick on Sep 16, 2009
Why no Credit? NY Post Reporter to Blogger: “Post policy prevented me from crediting you”
What happens when a reporter working for a traditional news media publication finds a story on a blog? Does he...