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Chapter 12

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Exercises

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Editing 2.0 Exercises: A copy-and-paste culture

Module 12.1

Questions

  1. Why is plagiarism seemingly so common, even among journalists? What is or are the human flaw(s) that explain(s) it?
  2. 2. What are some basic steps you can take to prevent even the appearance of plagiarism in your own work?

Activities

www.gpo.gov
    1. Spend some time at the Government Printing Office website () perusing the kinds of information it publishes. Search the site using some key words relevant to either a story you’re working on or for another class you are taking. What goodies turn up?
  1. 2. Do some basic background research on Creative Commons copyright licenses by visiting www.creativecommons.org. After doing this research, think about the circumstances in which you would be willing to apply a Creative Commons license to your own work, your own intellectual property. What rights would you want to “reserve,” and how freely would you be willing to share your otherwise copyrighted “property?”

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Editor’s Bookshelf—Additional Reading Suggestions

Doing justice: Ethical and legal issues

The American Copy Editors Society. Telling the Truth and Nothing But. Downloadable e-book offers tools for media professionals responding to incidents of possible plagiarism and fabrication. Download is available from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri.

The Student Press Law Center. A non-profit legal assistance agency that supports the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship. The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics.