Urban Tulsa Weekly
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The Urban Tulsa Weekly is an independent weekly newspaper with a circulation of about 35,000 distributed to the Tulsa metropolitan area every Thursday.
Published and edited by Keith Skrzypczak, the newspaper is designed under the watch of Production Manager Bart Poleman and Editorial Manager Aja Junior. The newspaper features certain regular features including a "Capitolist" column by Arnold Hamilton, "Commentary" and "In the City." The Weekly also features an annual "Hot 100" list naming Tulsa's most influential people for the year.
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Subsequent investigations by Poynter
revealed another cartoon in which Simpson had plagiarized MacNelly's work.
Further investigation on the part of This Land Press
revealed that Simpson had plagiarized other works in at least five other instances, making this one of the biggest cartoon plagiarism scandals of all time.
Published and edited by Keith Skrzypczak, the newspaper is designed under the watch of Production Manager Bart Poleman and Editorial Manager Aja Junior. The newspaper features certain regular features including a "Capitolist" column by Arnold Hamilton, "Commentary" and "In the City." The Weekly also features an annual "Hot 100" list naming Tulsa's most influential people for the year.
Controversy
On October 25th, 2011, The Daily Cartoonist released an article announcing that Urban Tulsa cartoonist David Simpson had been accused of plagiarizing the work of Jeff MacNellyJeff MacNelly
Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly was a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the popular comic strip Shoe.-Early life:...
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Subsequent investigations by Poynter
Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a non-profit school for journalism located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school's mission statement says that "The Poynter Institute is a school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders. It promotes excellence and integrity in the practice of...
revealed another cartoon in which Simpson had plagiarized MacNelly's work.
Further investigation on the part of This Land Press
This Land Press
This Land Press is Oklahoma's first New Media company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded by Michael Mason, an Oklahoma-born author, journalist, and editor....
revealed that Simpson had plagiarized other works in at least five other instances, making this one of the biggest cartoon plagiarism scandals of all time.