During the course of its standard copy-editing process, The Herald discovered that portions of an article scheduled for publication in print Oct. 18 used language from another source without proper attribution. A previous version of the story that included the problematic language had been published online Oct. 17.
The Herald reviewed all of the writer's past articles for similar problems. That review turned up a total of four articles, dating back to 2009, with passages containing language identical or nearly identical to that of other sources. Many of the passages included attribution to the original sources but failed to indicate when language was directly copied from those sources. A note has been appended to the online versions of articles that were found to have insufficiently cited quotations, and the writer has been dismissed from our staff. The full list of articles is as follows:
"No varsity teams to be cut this year," Oct. 17, 2011
"After layoffs, staff shuffled to fill voids," Sept. 16, 2010
"SEC files fraud suit against Goldman Sachs," April 19, 2010
"RISD puts its history on display," Oct. 9, 2009
The Herald continually trains its reporters in proper attribution and journalistic ethics. We are reviewing those training procedures to ensure that The Herald's standards are clear to all staff members. We apologize to our readers.
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