The John Merrill debate: As journalists and educators, this much we know for certain

Saturday, December 8, 2007 | 10:00 a.m. CST; updated 12:51 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

COLUMBIA — Anna Koeppel, a sophomore pre-journalism student at the Missouri School of Journalism, walked into Associate Dean Brian Brooks’ office after her reporting class one day last month. She had with her a story she had done for the campus newspaper, The Maneater, based on her telephone interviews, and a column from the Columbia Missourian. She said the column included some quotes she had gathered from two sources that were used without credit to her paper.

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