Journalistic lapses
Unfortunately, the Stephen Glass incident isn’t an isolated one. A lot of writers have been fabricating their nonfiction.
Work with a partner. Find an article about their journalistic misdeeds, and then find the original.
Copy and bring to class on Tuesday, 1/23.
Janet Cooke, Washington Post
Mike Barnicle, Boston Globe
Jayson Blair, New York Times
Michael Gallagher, Cincinnati Enquirer
Jay Forman, Slate
Christopher Newton, Associated Press
Brian Walski, LA Times
James Forlong, Sky News
Jack Kelley, USA Today
Mitch Allbom, Detroit Free Press
Carl Cameron, Fox News Channel
Mary Mapes, Dan Rather and “Memogate”
Eric Slater, Los Angeles Times
Diana Griego Erwin, Sacramento Bee
Chris Cecil, Cartersville Daily News
Armstrong Williams, “No Child Left Behind”
Jim Van Vliet, Sacramento Bee
Adnan Hajj, Reuters
James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
Nasdijj, The Blood Runs like a River through my Dreams.