Credit where it is due
September 8, 2008
This happens all the time but is a touch more galling this time because TW reporter Edward Robertson actually sent a briefing note to national newspapers about the story he had written.
Ed's analysis on the cuts in capacity in the holiday market has been repackaged as an 'exclusive' story in the Daily Mirror. Quite like the headline they use . . . but a credit would have been nice.
Martin Couzins, managing editor
Nathan Midgley
Martin Couzins
Comments (2)
I did see one of my blog posts, via an indirect route, end up in TravelWeekly as a little article (without source)
Anyway, didn't mention it before because apparently it "happens all the time"
:)
I am not going to detail it as it isn't going to help anyone (least of all me!). Issue closed in my mind.
Only mentioned it here as, being British, I have a thing for ironic humour.
I do agree though..... should have mentioned TW somewhere in the DM article (but that would have exposed that it wasn't exclusive!). Difficult being a journalist isn't it? (not that I would know)
Posted by Alex Bainbridge | September 8, 2008 6:01 PM
Posted on September 8, 2008 18:01
Hi Alex
And there I was banging on about what others should and shouldn't do :-)
But seriously, how much longer can journalists carry on acting as if they and they alone are the ones sourcing stories?
Where appropriate (ie without revealing sources on sensitive stories), journalists should be linking to the original source.
Maybe this is more of a 'digital' mindset?
There is a post on nationals and linking on Adam Tinworth's blog.
Posted by Martin | September 9, 2008 9:11 AM
Posted on September 9, 2008 09:11