1. The Case of Nada Behziz
By: Francisco Quintero, Diana Avina,
Azucena Escobar, Nate Quiliza, and Vivien
Ly

2. Who is Nada Behziz?
Nada Behziz was a reporter for The
Californian of Bakersfield that was fired
because she plagiarized more than a third of
her pieces in 2005.

3. What did she plagiarize?
Behziz took credit from seven physicians, a
professor from UCLA, and six paragraphs from
a United Press International story. Nada Behziz
took credit for 96 stories.

4. Where did this happen?
This happened in Fairfield, California as the
editors of "The Daily Republic" were
investigating on the work of the reporter.

5. Why did Behziz plagiarize?
Behziz said that she never intentionally
plagiarized but conceded some sloppiness in
her reporting.

6. When?
During October of 2005, she was fired when
her editors discovered her plagiarizing a
quotation from the San Francisco Examiner in
1995, thus leading to a deeper investigation to
her other stories.

7. How did she plagiarize?
A Californian investigation shows more than
a third contain a variety of serious problems
including plagiarized material, misattributed
quotes and information, factual errors, or
people who could not be verified, according to
the blog Narcissistic Views on News/Politics.

8. What were the consequences?
Nada Behziz was fired and affected of guilt.
She hasn't been mentioned ever since 2005
and hasn't worked in journalism.