Against Plagiarism

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General Guidelines

• Copy-and-paste is plagiarism
• Quotation marks can make you honest
• Journalism style is different from academic style
• Definition of plagiarism

In Academic Writing

• Give credit to the source and be honest
• Rewriting the text is also plagiarism
• Original writing is honest writing
• Taking shortcuts in research is dishonest

In Journalism

• Copying is stealing
• Trying to pass off fiction as fact
• Mishandling quotes obtained in an interview
• Paraphrasing
• Creating composite characters
• Describing events
• Hiding a person's identity
• Anonymous sources

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