USA Today scandal

May 3, 2004

Sun Q&A

David Folkenflik on USA Today debacle

Catherine, Elkridge: If reporters who have reached positions at very large papers are basically liars, why should the public have any faith that reporters at smaller papers are reporting the facts?

April 30, 2004

Free speech advocate to lead USA Today

Kenneth A. Paulson, a former newspaper editor, lawyer and free speech advocate, has been picked to lead USA Today in the wake of the worst scandal in the newspaper's nearly 22-year-history.

April 23, 2004

USA Today's culture aided reporter's deception, panel finds

A panel of former newspaper editors investigating the newsroom practices of USA Today reported yesterday that a deeply ingrained culture of fear as well as negligent editing and poor communication led the newspaper to ignore signs that its star foreign correspondent fabricated and plagiarized stories for more than a decade.

April 21, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

Scandal drives Jurgensen from job

The top editor of USA Today announced her early and immediate retirement yesterday, days before the expected public release of a critical report detailing how the paper's former foreign correspondent Jack Kelley was able to deceive editors and readers in print for years.

March 24, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

Editors missed danger signals

When USA Today editors began last year to investigate an anonymous complaint about an article written by the paper's star foreign correspondent Jack Kelley, they did not expect any problems of substance to surface.

March 20, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

USA Today documents reporter's fabrications

USA Today reported yesterday that its former star correspondent Jack Kelley fabricated major elements of stories filed from abroad, plagiarized passages in other instances and then concocted elaborate ruses to conceal his transgressions.

March 20, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

Analysis: Media blemishes may lead to reform

News executives at once applauded and winced yesterday after seeing USA Today's detailed account of the dishonest reporting - including repeated instances of plagiarism and fabrication - by former foreign correspondent Jack Kelley.

January 17, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

USA Today will review Kelley's work

The editor and publisher of USA Today announced yesterday that the national newspaper would launch an independent review of all the articles written by former star foreign correspondent Jack Kelley.

January 16, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

Kelley rankled USA Today as early as 1997

More questions are surfacing about the veracity of articles written by former USA Today star reporter Jack Kelley.

January 13, 2004

From The Sun's Archive

Kelley lied to his bosses, USA Today editors say

Editors at USA Today now say they forced former star reporter Jack Kelley to resign after he deceived them during an internal inquiry into whether he had fabricated some of his high-profile reports from abroad.

January 9, 2004

USA Today writer resigns amid investigation

Jack Kelley, one of USA Today's most prominent correspondents, has resigned from the newspaper in the wake of an internal inquiry into allegations that some of his reporting had been fabricated.