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12:15 PM ET, September 2, 2012

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Charles Seife / Slate:
Jonah Lehrer's Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com  —  An investigation reveals evidence of plagiarism, dodgy quotes, and factual inaccuracies.  —  For the past three months, Jonah Lehrer, science journalist, author of three books, and (former) New Yorker staff writer has been under siege.
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Evan Hansen / Wired:
Violations of Editorial Standards Found in WIRED Writer's Blog  —  This week we concluded a preliminary WIRED review of a sample of articles from Jonah Lehrer's personal blog, Frontal Cortex, which was active on Wired.com from July 2010 through June 2012.  The review was conducted by Charles Seife …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jim Romenesko:
Free plagiarism checker finds more Jonah Lehrer journalistic misdeeds  —  From JUSTIN MEGAHAN: Last night I was wondering if a basic free plagiarism checker that is used by high school teachers to check their students work — The Plagiarism Checker — would find the plagiarized excerpts from Jonah Lehrer's “The Psychology of Nakedness.”
Discussion: @justinrmegahan
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Wired.com investigator on Jonah Lehrer plagiarism: ‘I think the safety net has eroded’  —  Longtime science journalist Charles Seife was vaguely familiar with Jonah Lehrer's work before Wired.com asked him two weeks ago to investigate a sample of blog posts for plagiarism, fabrication and other shortcuts.
Sasha Issenberg / Campaign Stops:
Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve  —  It becomes popular around this time of year to lament the fact that media coverage treats the presidential campaign as little more than a “horse race.”  Journalists, this line of argument goes, choose to fixate on which candidate is a superior campaigner …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Reporter Who's Part of the Story  —  TAMPA, Fla. — There were no fewer than five people pointing cameras at the man who from a distance resembled a scarecrow: tall and broad-shouldered with long, long arms.  Enlarge This Image Todd Heisler/The New York Times Carl Cameron …
Discussion: TVNewser
Karl Taro Greenfeld / Business Week:
ESPN: Everywhere Sports Profit Network  —  ESPN's global headquarters span 18 buildings and 123 acres in Bristol, Conn. The campus occupies a fenced-in hillside, though deer frequently end up trapped inside the fence, and appears to be in a state of constant flux.
Discussion: TVNewser and @carr2n
Jonathan Stray / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Focus and web-only content: How the Deseret News supports a local newsroom with a national strategy  —  Salt Lake City's Deseret News faces the same challenging online economics as most American metropolitan newspapers: A local web audience isn't large enough to support the newsroom …
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
MTV Embraces Viddy ("Twitter for Video") for Big Music Show Coverage  —  MTV is having scores of its staffers at the September 6 Video Music Awards use Viddy, a video sharing platform that allows users to upload and share 15-second videos, says Colin Helms, MTV's SVP for Digital in this interview with Beet.TV
Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
PBS NewsHour's viewers are translating its videos into 52 languages (and counting)  —  Ever try watching Sesame Street in Turkish, or Hindi?  Big Bird has made his way to 150 countries, and has been translated into more than 50 languages.  —  Now, PBS NewsHour is working to follow the bird …
Discussion: Forbes
Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
A Watershed Moment for Real-Time Fact-Checking  —  It was a positive development in a very negative presidential campaign The news media's aggressive, real-time fact-checking of Rep. Paul Ryan's acceptance speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention was a watershed moment.
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
HuffPost Highlights taps reader-powered curation of best passages  —  When your website puts out thousands of pieces of content a day, how do you consistently and efficiently surface the best stuff?  —  The simplest way is to just follow the cowpaths — the routes where reader behavior naturally flows.
Discussion: TechPresident
 
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