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Re: [GWL]: trends/plagiarism




>From: Gerri Bauer <gerri.bauer@news-jrnl.com>
>Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>Subject: [GWL]: trends/plagiarism
>Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:14:38 -0500
>
>     Based on these posts, it seems that writing that reflects a personal
>touch/opinion is striking the biggest chord (if judging from feedback). 
>That
>says something important. It also reflects on the importance of 
>regionalism.
>
>    Also, can we discuss plagiarism? The parroting is not limited to the 
>Web.
>A local writer, in a regional garden magazine, started her article by using
>the first 2 grafs from one of my newspaper stories, word for word. The rest
>of her words were different, but she stole the idea and the lead.  When I
>confronted her, she said "Oh, I thought you would be flattered." (!!!)
>Either she was truly clueless or just trying to pass herself off as such to
>avoid a problem. As an editor, I always have to be concerned about whether
>work by a writer unknown to me is free of such problems. Once, a former
>local free-lancer here tried to pass off an entire Avant Gardener article 
>as
>her own. And she knew better.  Have others had problems?
>Gerri Bauer
>
>
>
>Yes, I have had similar problems with plagiarism from time to time. Early 
>in my career when I was a reporter for a weekly newspaper I did a feature 
>on a woman who came in to run an ad for a husband "for immigration 
>purposes." My story was picked up word-for-word by UPI wire service and 
>went national--what a thrill for a young reporter--except that it ran under 
>the by-line of the wire service editor. After my paper confronted them, 
>they finally paid me the $35 fee for the piece and apologized. Later, when 
>I was editor of an employee newsletter at a medical center I did a baby 
>picture contest. Another hospital picked up the idea, and my exact words. 
>They even entered it in a PR society contest and WON. More recently, I 
>wrote copy for a client's calendar, a letter to the community from the 
>client. The next year a competitor's calendar appeared with the exact same 
>letter, except the company names, years in business, etc. had been changed. 
>My client was upset and thought I had re-sold the work to them. I was able 
>to convince them otherwise. When they contacted their competitor they got 
>the "flattery" defense. I don't have a solution to the problem. Maybe 
>someone else out there does?
Linda Nitchman
Freelance Garden Writer
>




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