Editor of Aspen Peak magazine fired after plagiarized stories

The editor-in-chief of Aspen Peak magazine was fired Thursday after it was revealed that he plagiarized stories for his freelance food column in the Aspen Daily News.

The Aspen Daily News said it found at least 14 articles that Damien Williamson had ripped off from a staffer who had written for the paper years earlier.

He was subsequently fired from his day job at Aspen Peak, part of GreenGale Publishing.

“Mr. Williamson is no longer an employee of GreenGale Publishing,” a spokeswoman said.

The plagiarism came to light after former Aspen Daily News reporter Rob Seideman noticed that a column he published years earlier popped up again, with Williamson’s byline.

Seideman found at least a dozen other instances and contacted Daily News Managing Editor Curtis Wackerle.