HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair — who was caught plagiarizing and making up quotes — spoke about his experiences to students and faculty at Washington and Lee University earlier this month.
The event made headlines at the time – it begins with a lengthy intro defending Blair’s appearance by the professor who invited him. It caught my eye early Saturday when I found the talk on CSPAN, but you can watch it anytime you'd like on the channel’s Web site.
This is an online journalism class in which ethics are an important aspect so it makes sense to examine real life transgressions at newspapers such as this. The program is lengthy at about 85 minutes, but I think any journalism student can learn as Blair says he accepts responsibility while adding it happened during the context of his personal problems. Now a life coach, he faces a fair but tough grilling from audience members who among other things want to know why he did what he did, how could anyone ever trust him again and what makes him qualified in his new career.
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