Ross Barkan Apologizes for New York Mag Columns After Ouster: ‘I Promise to Do a Much Better Job’
The journalist says his citation failures were not “willful or intentional” The post Ross Barkan Apologizes for New York Mag Columns After Ouster: ‘I Promise to Do a Much Better Job’ appeared first on TheWrap .
Journalist Ross Barkan has apologized for failing to properly cite other journalists' work in his New York Magazine columns, following a magazine's decision to terminate his contract. The independent review found attribution problems in 67 of Barkan's columns, though Barkan emphasized that these were not intentional. In a statement on X, Barkan acknowledged that he "did not use citations as aggressively as I should have" and "did not paraphrase well enough."
He expressed regret for not crediting the work of others and pledged to take time away from writing and to improve his practices moving forward.
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