April 14 2014 1 Plagiarism is the taking of another s words and representing them as your own It is not only unethical but it is illegal a Events in a news story cannot be copyrighted or owned by the writer but the specific account can 2 After resigning from THE NEW YORKER Lehrer issued an apology The lies are over now I understand the gravity of my position I want to apologize to everyone I have let down especially my editors and readers 3 Examples of Plagiarism a Can be deliberate or overt b Using material form others sources without attributions c Using news releases without re writing and sourcing d Using the work of other reporters in any form photos quotes and cartoon etc e Using previously published material over again without f Anything that is not commonly known has to have a identifying the fact citation 4 Rules about taking credit for the work of journalists researchers columnists writers photographers artists and making up facts are very clear a Don t do it b When it comes to theft there is a clear and hard line You know when 5 Oregon Blogger video 6 Understand relationship between plagiarism and academic honesty in the UM Creed 7 Library Quiz a This video and qui on plagiarism and academic honesty was created by the UofM information Literacy Committee i Take the quiz by Midnight Wednesday The link is on the slides