When one of its stellar academics is caught plagiarizing in his weekly column, then you’ve got to wonder what is being taught in the classroom. John Merrill, a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, is not some chump. Here’s his CV:
Merrill is a former director of the Louisiana State University journalism school and has also taught at Northwestern State, Texas A&M, Maryland, Virginia, California State University, Long Beach, and the University of North Carolina.
He is a past winner of the Missouri Honor Medal for distinguished journalism service and a member of the Louisiana State and Iowa journalism halls of fame. Merrill has lectured and taught in more than 70 countries, according to his biography.
The only people who think journalism isn’t rotting from its center are newspaper “public” editors and journalism deans.
