David Wylie
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A lesson in plagiarism
The risk of plagiarism and story recycling is becoming a boogeyman in the industry. Take the recent dramatic fall of well-known science writer Jonah Lehrer, who was busted plagiarizing on his Wired.com blog, Frontal Cortex, and fabricating quotes in his book, Imagine. The 31-year-old, who was a regular writer for The New Yorker and Wired,…
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Relaxing at the sushi shop
Walked around lovely downtown Kelowna and snapped a few photos. I’m trying to shoot regularly again — I spent years as a freelance reporter/photographer. But years of desking has made me fat and uncreative behind the lens. But enough bellyaching. Here’s my favourite shot from today.
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Concerning the word ‘alleged’
Legals are a remarkably tricky, case-by-case area of journalism. That’s why I’m usually loathe to give any in-depth advice on them. I don’t feel comfortable about bumping against the line of what we can legally print. In fact, I don’t think it’s safe for any reporter or editor to get too comfortable in this area.…
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HBO’s The Newsroom is worth navel gazing over
Let me say off the top that it’s about time that a TV show focused on the drama that plays out in a newsroom. It’s a place rife with strong story lines ripe for fleshing out. HBO’s The Newsroom, starring Dumb and Dumber’s Jeff Daniels as anchorman Will McAvoy, has been a polarizing topic among…
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