No time for cheaters.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

American Journalism Review,  June, 2004  by Keller, Chris

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In the April/May issue, Thomas Kunkel asks in Above the Fold if the pressure of a non-stop news cycle or the pressure to produce more news with fewer resources has anything to do with the increasing instances of fraud, fabrication and plagiarism in the industry.

As the editor of a weekly newspaper who covers the school board, police and six high school sports in the fall, winter and spring, in addition to my duties as editor, which include layout and coaching a staff of three reporters, I have to both confirm and deny these suspicions.

Some will say that the weekly newspaper gig ...

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