Jack Kelley, the new Jayson Blair
USA Today recently announced plans to have an independent panel review all of the articles written by veteran reporter Jack Kelley, who has been accused of fabricating stories, various sources reported.
Kelley resigned this month after admitting that he deceived editors who were already investigating some of the stories from his 21-year career with the national daily paper, USA Today reported.
Thanks also to the Knight Center for Journalism newsletter (January 2004).
Excerpts from the KCJ newsletter:
"That initial investigation began after another USA Today staffer anonymously complained about Kelley's work, in May 2003, following the resignation of controversial reporter Jayson Blair from The New York Times, the Times reported.
Kelley was a foreign correspondent for USA Today and a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002 who covered conflicts in the Middle East, Haiti, and Kosovo. He was one of the few reporters at the paper who were able to write articles based on anonymous sources, according to an article in The New York Times that reviews Kelley's career at USA Today.
In a recent column, USA Today founder Al Neuharthcriticized the use of anonymous sources. Neuharth said he originally banned anonymous sources from USA Today and suggested that all newspapers, including USA Today, should institute a complete ban on anonymous sources."
Read the whole story on the USA Today website.
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