Deborah Hill Cone: Self-plagiarism hides poverty of ideas
The self-plagiarist tries to take undeserved credit for the work as new and original when they know the material was derived from a previous source, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
The self-plagiarist tries to take undeserved credit for the work as new and original when they know the material was derived from a previous source, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
As observers of the human condition, cartoonists are duty-bound to create and stimulate debate, while underlining the follies of our leaders, writes Rod Emerson. The risk it carries is worth the effort.
The law is clear. When it comes to search warrants, there is a line which protects all in society, and in some cases particularly the press.
After 152 years, the Herald is moving out of the Queen St valley where it and Auckland began.
The Herald's 152 years in one Auckland CBD block may have set a record in a city where businesses rise and fall and shift premises relentlessly.
In the past, a politician saying something factually inaccurate was cause for humiliation. Now there appears to be few consequences, if any, writes Stephen Harrington.
Something happened this week that gave me a lot to ponder. I've been ruminating on it for days.
Friends and colleagues of long-time Herald political journalist John Armstrong gathered to celebrate his career yesterday as he bowed out of journalism.
For a year now I have been fending off lawyers who want notes, recordings or transcripts of interviews I did with John Key for my book on him.
This will likely be the article no one will want to read, writes Johann Go. It is going to be the viewpoint that challenges the media and public orthodoxy surrounding the Paris attacks. This article challenges the current state of our world.
Rachel Smalley, recovering in Beirut from her first marathon, hot-footed it to a bomb site where at least 43 people were killed in a shopping street.
Cause or coincidence? TV3's story barely establishes coincidence. It certainly doesn't show correlation. The idea of cause is laughable, writes Adam Smith.
Broadcast journalist Paul Hobbs hasn't let his Type 1 Diabetes stop him covering stories around the world, including in war zones and at the Olympics.
Both claim to be journalists, Cameron Slater and Nicky Hage have found their work subject to the scrutiny of the High Court.
"We didn't order a firearm for a bit of a laugh...We had to investigate it, and if it was as bad as we'd heard it was, make sure the flaw was shut down."
Detectives sought the banking, telephone and travel records of author and journalist Nicky Hager without any search order or other legal power.
BBC journalist Sarah Teale was filming a report in the street about the harassment of women - then she became a victim herself.
Cameron Slater has been found in contempt of court in seven instances and reminded there are responsibilities which come with being a journalist.
The Herald's investigative editor, Jared Savage, won the prestigious Hegarty Scholarship at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (Panpa) awards in Sydney last night.
The layoffs come after Michael Bloomberg's return about a year ago following three terms as New York mayor.
A new teaser trailer has been released for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, showing the new host settling in on set.
Newstalk ZB broadcaster hits back at claims he is a "National Party stooge".
Hosking is a National Party stooge, writes Winston Peters. So much so, his show should be counted against National's electoral advertising.
Weaker circulation sales reflected stable subscription revenue offset by "continued pressure on retail sales".
Newstalk ZB host Rachel Smalley criticism of a "near-monopoly of white male broadcasters " has kicked off a vigorous debate online.
Bianca Zander is a lecturer in creative writing at AUT and recently published her second novel, The Predictions. She talks about leaving her journalism career to write fiction.
Last week I got a knock on the door. It was a 74-year-old retired truck driver who was checking that I was all right as my column hadn't appeared for two week, writes Deborah Hill Cone.