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#MeToo journalist declares settlement agreement with UC Santa Barbara archaeologist accused of misconduct to be null and void [Updated Oct 23, 2021]

#MeToo journalist declares settlement agreement with UC Santa Barbara archaeologist accused of misconduct to be null and void [Updated Oct 23, 2021]

Michael Balter10/20/2021 06:57:00 PM

This past July, I settled a defamation suit against me, filed by University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kurin in June 2020, as described in a blog post I published at the time . Kurin had sued me for my accurate and fully supported reporting about her history of misconduct. Today I have sent the following notice to Kurin&…

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#MeToo journalist declares settlement agreement with UC Santa Barbara archaeologist accused of misconduct to be null and void [Updated Oct 23, 2021]

#MeToo journalist declares settlement agreement with UC Santa Barbara archaeologist accused of misconduct to be null and void [Updated Oct 23, 2021]

Michael Balter 10/20/2021 06:57:00 PM

This past July, I settled a defamation suit against me, filed by University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kurin in June 2020,…

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Journalists are friends of the First Amendment, and of courts that uphold it against bogus defamation claims.

Journalists are friends of the First Amendment, and of courts that uphold it against bogus defamation claims.

Michael Balter 10/15/2021 04:50:00 PM

As readers of this blog know, I often post here on #MeToo matters. That will still be the case with most original investigations. However, I am incre…

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A warning to students in archaeology and anthropology: Enmanuel Gomez Choque

A warning to students in archaeology and anthropology: Enmanuel Gomez Choque

Michael Balter 9/14/2021 12:04:00 PM

Enmanuel Gomez Choque As readers of this blog know, one of its primary purposes is to report on investigations of sexual harassers, abusers, and bull…

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The latest on Ran Boytner, former executive director of the Institute for Field Research

The latest on Ran Boytner, former executive director of the Institute for Field Research

Michael Balter 9/10/2021 04:47:00 PM

For those who have followed the events of the past year or two concerning the Institute for Field Research and its former director, a colleague write…

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Recent posts on "Words for the Wise" -- the newsletter for those whose interests know no bounds.

Recent posts on "Words for the Wise" -- the newsletter for those whose interests know no bounds.

Michael Balter 8/13/2021 06:42:00 AM

The past two weeks have seen a wide mix of topics on "Words for the Wise," which is what the newsletter is all about: Everything from sc…

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Why Texas A&M archaeologist Filipe Castro was fired: Documents from the Texas Public Information Act

Why Texas A&M archaeologist Filipe Castro was fired: Documents from the Texas Public Information Act

Michael Balter 8/11/2021 10:49:00 AM

Last January, Texas A&M University fired marine archaeologist Filipe Castro , after receiving numerous complaints about his conduct. The complain…

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Paleontology: An alleged sexual harasser is passed out of a famous dinosaur lab. Have institutions failed yet again? [Updated Sept 21 2021: A pattern of sexual harassment in the U Saskatchewan Geological Sciences department?]

Paleontology: An alleged sexual harasser is passed out of a famous dinosaur lab. Have institutions failed yet again? [Updated Sept 21 2021: A pattern of sexual harassment in the U Saskatchewan Geological Sciences department?]

Michael Balter 7/29/2021 11:15:00 AM

Aaron van der Reest This past May, a group of paleontologists in Canada, familiar with my reporting on #MeToo issues in the sciences , asked me to lo…

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