» The Baltimore Sun on the resignation of longtime columnist Michael Olesker after an investigation by another local publication alleged he'd lifted passages from other sources.

UPDATE: The original article that detailed Olesker's numerous transgressions. From the piece, which kicked off with coverage of a correction to an Olesker column the Sun published before Christmas: "A cursory review of Olesker’s recent columns suggests that a more rigorous analysis might not be a bad idea..."

» Regret the Error reports on a decade-old item about journalism from a blog that was reported as new news and in one case without attribution: "The irony of this -- a very large media mistake in a story about media mistakes -- is rich."

» Dan Gillmor announces the initial Board of Advisors for the just-launched Center for Citizen Media. Amongst them: Merrill Brown, James Fallows, Paul Grabowicz, Joi Ito, Rebecca MacKinnon, Craig Newmark, Jay Rosen, and Glenn Reynolds.

» Terry Heaton on the newspapers that went to press with the news that the miners in West Virginia had survived: "Papers simply can't compete on breaking news, and pushing the envelope only invites error. Many will say that something like this was inevitable, but the only thing I'll say is that it's incredibly sad..."