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Course Overview
- Title:
- Preventing Plagiarism and Fabrication in News Publishing
- Type:
- Webinar
- Cost:
- $29.95
- Originally Broadcast On:
- May 09, 2013
- Time Estimate:
- One hour for the main presentation and questions. Sometimes presenters stay longer to answer additional questions from participants.
This Webinar is $11.95 for members of the American Copy Editors Society (ACES). Watch your member email to get details about the discount.
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Increasing pressure to get stories out quickly can lead to the temptation to cut corners, to short-cut how you verify information--which can lead to plagiarism. So how do you find and prevent plagiarism when you publish in print or online?
Get real-world recommendations for preventing and handling issues of plagiarism based on the finding of the 2013 national Plagiarism Summit, led by the American Copy Editors Society. In this Webinar, we'll explore the research and reports from major news organizations, as well as tackle practical guidelines you can put to work for you.
This Webinar is part of a two-day back-to-back Webinar package, which also includes Navigating Copyright and Fair Use Issues in an Open-Source World. You can sign up for each individual Webinar for $29.95 or enroll in both for $49.95. For more information on special package pricing or to register for both Webinars, click on our Copyright and Plagiarism Back-to-Back Webinar Special here.
What Will I Learn:
- How plagiarism and fabrication are not the same
- How often plagiarism occurs
- The gray areas around plagiarism and attribution
- How to encourage transparency in reporting
- How to encourage journalists to embed source links and in so doing enrich the readers' experience
- How to discuss ethics and attribution in your news organization
Who Should Take this Course:
Anyone who writes, edits and publishes news, whether you're in a news organization or working solo.
Course Instructor:
Teresa Schmedding
Teresa Schmedding is the managing editor for Rotary International and former director of digital operations for the Daily Herald Media Group, which has won numerous headline contest awards. She is the president of ACES: The Society for Editing. She organized the national Plagiarism Summit in 2013 and the Leadership Summit of journalism organizations in 2014.
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