Monday, 14 November 2011 01:41

Poynter Institute media blogger’s departure creates firestorm over attribution

Written by  Peter G. Mwesige
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The resignation of Jim Romenesko, a prominent media blogger from the Poynter Institute, has resurrected the attribution debate.

 

Should bloggers/aggregators and mainstream reporters/writers be judged by different standards when it comes to attribution?

 

Does posting links to the original stories lessen the need for quotation marks when using sentences or phrases that are not your own?

 

Does not using quotation marks always mean plagiarism?

 

Follow the interesting debate on the links below:

 

Jim Romenesko’s departure sparks strong reaction, criticism

 

Romenesko resigns after 12 years at Poynter

 

Poynter faculty respond to questions about Romenesko’s practices, resignation

 

Questions over Romenesko’s attributions spur changes in writing, editing

 

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