Seattle Times Plagiarism Guidelines: n August, 2004, high-profile reports of plagiarism at several newspapers - including this one - touched off wide-ranging conversations in the newsroom about what constituted plagiarism and, in particular, whether practices some of us engage in routinely might be unwitting violations of the profession?s ban on word-stealing.
A subcommittee of the newsroom?s Ethics and Standards Committee formed to address those questions. Before we could do that, we concluded, we had to agree on what plagiarism was, then identify principles that would guide us as we attempted to provide some guidance for our colleagues.
Plagiarism, we decided, is the representation of others? language or creative work as one?s own. It?s wrong, we determined, because it violates several inter-related principles that are essential to credible journalism: [continua e vale a pena ler]
