Adam Penenberg Broke the Stephen Glass Story in 1998

I hadn’t made the connection, but several readers have pointed out that Adam Penenberg, the writer behind the hacktacular “All Eyes on Apple” Fast Company story covered here yesterday, has done some good work in the past. In particular, reporting for Forbes in 1998, Penenberg broke the story that Stephen Glass, a staff writer for The New Republic, was a complete and utter fraud who made up entire stories and sources.

★ Thursday, 20 December 2007