DOCSLIB.ORG

Health Economists Mine Data on Policy Grant to Emory’S Winship Cancer Institute and Grady Memorial Hospital

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Health Economists Mine Data on Policy Grant to Emory’S Winship Cancer Institute and Grady Memorial Hospital YOUR SOURCE FOR UNIVERSITY NEWS OCTOBER 6, 2008 / Vol. 61, No. 7 FORUM PROFILE PEOPLE: His eye is on the arts 3 Dean Bill Eley’s Health economist CAMPUS: Happy 100th Crawford Long 5 career swim Sara Markowitz includes Emory looks at the bene- DISCOVERY: A first for a new device 6 Sports Hall of fits of maternity FORUM: Religious leaders, tough issues 7 Fame. Page 2 leave — for moms. Page 7 SPECIAL “NEWS YOU CAN USE” INSERT Microscopy SNAPSHOT core is Capturing scientist’s the spirit legacy of Emory By CAROL CLARK It’s estimated that Electron microscopy is all Emory Homecoming about light, energy and focus — qualities that Robert Apkarian Weekend Sept. 26–28 had in abundance. The famed drew more than 4,000 Emory scientist died in 2006, but his spirit shines on through attendees, the largest the many people he touched and celebration ever. One of the newly dedicated Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron those guests was Lord Microscopy Core. James W. Dooley, the “A day doesn’t go by that I don’t wish I could call Rob and Eternal Spirit of Emory, ask his opinion about some- whose presence at the thing,” says Elizabeth Wright, director of the facility. unveiling of a statue Wright first came to Emory bearing his likeness as a graduate student, to join the lab of chemistry professor Vince made the Homecoming Conticello. Her project involved parade that preceded developing biomaterials, derived from protein sequences, for use it all the more festive as medical devices. (more at dooleystatue. “I had a strong desire to understand the structure of the emory.edu). materials we were creating,” The campus buzzed Wright says, explaining why she took a job as a service instruc- with activity throughout tor in the chemistry depart- the weekend. Reunion ment’s Integrated Microsocopy attendance more than doubled, according Please see LAB on page 6 to the Emory Alumni Association. Avon grant to bolster ANN BORDEN research By VINCENT DOLLARD The Avon Foundation has awarded a $950,000 one-year Health economists mine data on policy grant to Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute and Grady Memorial Hospital. The grant By CAROL CLARK health economics. sudden infant death syndrome the impact on children of moth- will support community out- Markowitz, an associate (SIDS). ers who work. I wanted to look When David Frisvold and professor, studies health policy “Each 10 percent increase at the effects on the women reach, patient navigation and Sara Markowitz tell lay people topics, such as how taxes affect in the real price of cigarettes themselves,” she explains. breast cancer research at the that they are economists, they the consumption of alcohol reduces the number of SIDS Frisvold, an assistant profes- Avon Comprehensive Breast often get asked: Is the interest and cigarettes, and how such deaths by a range of 6.9 to 7.6 sor of economics, was previous- Center at Grady, which opened rate going to go down? What’s taxes can reduce the negative percent,” she wrote in a paper ly a fellow in the Robert Wood in 2004 with previous funding the outlook for the housing outcomes associated with con- published recently by the Johnson Scholar in Health from the Avon Foundation. market? sumption. Her research sug- Journal of Health Economics. Policy Research program. Since 2000, the Avon “Those are questions that gests that the rate of domes- Markowitz is also research- He focuses on education and Foundation has awarded nearly most economists are not work- tic violence goes down when ing the mental health effects health, and has done research $11,000,000 to Emory Winship ing on,” says Markowitz. She taxes on alcohol go up. And she on women who return to work suggesting that participation and Grady Memorial Hospital. and Frisvold joined the faculty has demonstrated an apparent after giving birth (see her in the Department of Economics link between higher taxes on “First Person” article on page this fall to launch a program in cigarettes and lower rates of 7). “A lot of people have studied Please see ECONOMICS on page 4 Please see AVON on page 4 EMORY REPORT OCTOBER 6, 2008 2 People NEW ONLINE AT EMORY.EDU EMORY PROFILE: Bill Eley itunes.emory.edu Emory on iTunes U offers the world a direct connection to the University. From itunes. emory.edu, you can access both the public iTunes U face and the internal/academic iTunes site “Exclusively Emory,” where students download course materials and those with an Emory ID can access materials exclusively for Emory. Download courses, speeches, lectures, music, news and more; play the audio and video files on your computer, iPod or other MP3 player. Also at itunes.emory. edu, find technical support, frequently asked questions, and information on how to contribute content. Look for Emory soon in the iTunes U section of the Apple store; and read more about in the next issue of Emory Report. NOTE TO READERS Emory Report will not publish an issue on Oct. 13 due to Fall Break. Weekly publication resumes Oct. 20. Visit www.emory.edu/ EMORY_REPORT/aboutER.htm for more about publication dates and holiday schedules. ABOUT US Emory Report serves as an informative, lively and comprehensive resource for news and events of vital interest to staff and faculty. The weekly publication highlights SPECIAL the Emory community’s Bill Eley, executive associate dean for medical education and student affairs, was inducted into the Emory Sports Hall accomplishments, endeavors of Fame over Homecoming Weekend. and aspirations that reflect the University’s identity and strategic vision. Swimming a career springboard Dean honored to be in pool of ‘wonderful people’ By JENNIFER JOHNSON Eley’s participation on the School of Public Health module,” says Eley. “I hope Emory Swimming and Diving in 1989 where he pursued these efforts feed our hearts EXECUTIVE EDITOR For Bill Eley, a glistening Team, which has long been one research related to differences and minds in ways that enable Nancy Seideman new neighborhood pool and his of the best programs in the in survival between African us to renew the caregiver in us [email protected] first swim competition at age 6 nation, earned him entry into American and Caucasian and understand humanity a inspired a lifelong love of water the Emory Sports Hall of Fame women diagnosed with breast little better.” EDITOR and put him on a path that along with three other former cancer. And after all these years, Kim Urquhart ultimately led to Emory. athletes during Homecoming Eley continues to see breast Eley still finds time to pursue Weekend. cancer patients at Emory his affinity for water. “I don’t [email protected] His first swim coach, Edward Smyke, would become The Hall of Fame is Winship Cancer Institute and have as much time to swim Eley’s coach when he joined the designed to honor those has taught medical students now as I would like, but I am DESIGNER Emory Swimming and Diving individuals who have made clinical epidemiology for the devoting as much time as I Christi Gray Team in 1975. outstanding contributions last 18 years. In 2004 he was can to canoeing whitewater [email protected] Eley, executive associate to Emory athletics and have appointed to his current role rapids. The pursuit of sports dean of medical education and helped bring excellence and as executive associate dean for has always been a wonderful PHOTO DIRECTOR student affairs, entered Emory distinction to the University medical education and student way for me to refresh and to Bryan Meltz as a freshman and participated and its athletic program. affairs at Emory School of be at the top of my game for [email protected] on the swim team all four “I feel the same way about Medicine. my patients and my University years of his undergraduate this induction as I do about my When he is not engaging every day.” STAFF WRITER career. He held 100 meter and years as a student at Emory — with patients or students, Eley Carol Clark 200 meter breaststroke records it’s an incredible honor to be devotes time to his creative [email protected] and served as co-captain for among such wonderful people,” side, playing the guitar, ‘08 Sports Hall of three years. says Eley, who in his senior year singing and gardening. He Fame inductees EDITORIAL ASSISTANT “The old swimming pool was at Emory achieved Academic has also played an integral Leslie King part of a surplus World War II All-American honors. role in the creation of Emory’s Katharine Hughes Eick [email protected] hangar,” reminisces Eley of his A native of Georgia, Eley new Center for Creativity & Swimming and diving days as an Eagle athlete. “The received an undergraduate Arts. With the first art exhibit Bill Eley Emory REPort (USPS705-780) is heat was turned off at night degree in chemistry, a medical set to open in the School of Swimming and diving published by the Office of Communica- in the locker rooms, and I degree and a masters of public Medicine in October, Eley is Alicia Moore Krichev tions and Marketing weekly September sometimes arrived for morning health degree, all from Emory. excited about the possibilities through May and bi-weekly June through Women’s basketball, practice to find my shampoo After completing his internal the Center brings. August and distributed free to faculty volleyball, track and field and staff of Emory University. Periodicals frozen.” Fortunately for Eley medicine and oncology training, “We recently had the Vega postage is paid at Atlanta, Georgia.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Reporter Privilege: a Con Job Or an Essential Element of Democracy Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility Public Scholar Presentation November 14, 2007
    Reporter Privilege: A Con Job or an Essential Element of Democracy Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility Public Scholar Presentation November 14, 2007 Two widely divergent cases in recent months have given the public some idea as to what exactly reporter privilege is and whether it may or may not be important in guaranteeing the free flow of information in society. Whether it’s important or not depends on point of view, and, sometimes, one’s political perspective. The case of San Francisco Giants baseball star Barry Bonds and the ongoing issues with steroid use fueled one case in which two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were held in contempt and sentenced to 18 months in jail for refusing to reveal the source of leaked grand jury testimony. According to the testimony, Bonds was among several star athletes who admitted using steroids in the past, although he claimed he did not know at the time the substance he was taking contained steroids. In the other, New York Times reporter Judith Miller served 85 days in jail over her refusal to disclose the source of information that identified a CIA employee, Valerie Plame. The case was complicated with political overtones dealing with the Bush Administration’s claims in early 2003 that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A number of other reporter privilege cases were ongoing during the same time period as these two, but the newsworthiness and the subject matter elevated these two cases in terms of extensive news coverage.1 Particularly in the case of Miller, a high-profile reporter for what arguably is the most important news organization in the world, being jailed created a continuing story that was closely followed by journalists and the public.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bush Revolution: the Remaking of America's Foreign Policy
    The Bush Revolution: The Remaking of America’s Foreign Policy Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay The Brookings Institution April 2003 George W. Bush campaigned for the presidency on the promise of a “humble” foreign policy that would avoid his predecessor’s mistake in “overcommitting our military around the world.”1 During his first seven months as president he focused his attention primarily on domestic affairs. That all changed over the succeeding twenty months. The United States waged wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. U.S. troops went to Georgia, the Philippines, and Yemen to help those governments defeat terrorist groups operating on their soil. Rather than cheering American humility, people and governments around the world denounced American arrogance. Critics complained that the motto of the United States had become oderint dum metuant—Let them hate as long as they fear. September 11 explains why foreign policy became the consuming passion of Bush’s presidency. Once commercial jetliners plowed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it is unimaginable that foreign policy wouldn’t have become the overriding priority of any American president. Still, the terrorist attacks by themselves don’t explain why Bush chose to respond as he did. Few Americans and even fewer foreigners thought in the fall of 2001 that attacks organized by Islamic extremists seeking to restore the caliphate would culminate in a war to overthrow the secular tyrant Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Yet the path from the smoking ruins in New York City and Northern Virginia to the battle of Baghdad was not the case of a White House cynically manipulating a historic catastrophe to carry out a pre-planned agenda.
    [Show full text]
  • As Judith Miller Sat in a Virginia Jail Cell After Her Failed Attempts to Keep
    JOURNAL OF MEDIA LAW & ETHICS Editor ERIC B. EASTON, PROFESSOR OF LAW University of Baltimore School of Law EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS BENJAMIN BENNETT-CARPENTER, Special Lecturer, Oakland University (Michigan) WALTER M. BRASCH, Professor of Mass Comm., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania L. SUSAN CARTER, Professor, Michigan State University LOUIS A. DAY, Alumni Professor, Louisiana State University ANTHONY FARGO, Associate Professor, Indiana University AMY GAJDA, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois STEVEN MICHAEL HALLOCK, Assistant Professor, Point Park University MARTIN E. HALSTUK, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University CHRISTOPHER HANSON, Associate Professor, University of Maryland ELLIOT KING, Professor, Loyola University Maryland JANE KIRTLEY, Silha Professor of Media Ethics & Law, University of Minnesota NORMAN P. LEWIS, Assistant Professor, University of Florida PAUL S. LIEBER, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina KAREN M. MARKIN, Director of Research Development, University of Rhode Island KIRSTEN MOGENSEN, Associate Professor, Roskilde University (Denmark) KATHLEEN K. OLSON, Associate Professor, Lehigh University RICHARD J. PELTZ, Professor of Law, University of Arkansas-Little Rock School of Law KEVIN WALL SAUNDERS, Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law JAMES LYNN STEWART, Associate Professor, Nicholls State University DOREEN WEISENHAUS, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong KYU HO YOUM, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair Professor, Univ. of Oregon Journal of Media Law & Ethics, Volume 2, Numbers 1/2 (Winter/Spring 2010) 1 PREVIEW these new and recent titles at www.MarquetteBooks.com Jennifer Jacobs Henderson, Defending the Good Tomasz Pludowski (ed.), How the World’s News News: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Plan to Expand Media Reacted to 9/11: Essays from Around the the First Amendment (2010).
    [Show full text]
  • Urban Policy 2018 | Manhattan Institute
    CONTENTS About the Manhattan Institute .....................................................iv Contributors ............................................................................. v Foreword ................................................................................ix Chapter 1. The Dos and Don’ts of Civic Branding Aaron M. Renn ...................................................................1 Chapter 2. Precision Policing William J. Bratton and Jon Murad ................................ 21 Chapter 3. Unclogging the Permit Pipeline Stephen Goldsmith and Michael Hendrix .....................39 Chapter 4. News Deserts: No News Is Bad News Judith Miller ...................................................................59 Chapter 5. Building a Housing Ladder Howard Husock ..............................................................77 Chapter 6. Rethinking Urban Planning in Detroit—and Beyond Peter D. Salins .................................................................95 Chapter 7. Benchmarking Homeless Shelter Performance Stephen Eide ..................................................................117 Chapter 8. How the User Experience (UX) Can Build Greater Trust in Local Government Stephen Goldsmith ....................................................... 143 ©2018 Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. All rights reserved. Urban Policy 2018 ABOUT THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE he Manhattan Institute for Policy Research develops and disseminates new ideas that foster greater economic choice T and individual responsibility.
    [Show full text]
  • 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Perry Mason" (K:-En E
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 392 087 CS 509 181 TITLE Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (78th, Washington, DC, August 9-12, 1995). Qualitative Studies Division. INSTITUTION Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. PUB DATE Aug 95 NOTE 404p.; For other sections of these proceedings, see CS 509 173-187 and CS 509 196. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *American Indians; *Ethics; Higher Education; *Journalism; Journalism History; Labor Standards; Lying; Media Research; *Online Systems; Periodicals; Political Issues; Qualitative Research; *Racial Attitudes; Research Methodology; *Television Viewing IDENTIFIERS Gulf War; Jdia Coverage; Media Government Relationship; Simpson (0 J) Murder Trial ABSTRACT The Qualitative Studies section of the proceedings contains the following 14 papers: "'Virtual Anonymity': Online Accountability in Political Bulletin Boards and the Makings of the Virtuous Virtual Journalist" (Jane B. Singer); "The Case of the Mysterious Ritual: 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Perry Mason" (K:-en E. Riggs); "Political Issues in the Early Black Press: Applying Frame Analysis to Historical Contexts" (Aleen J. Ratzlaff and Sharon Hartin Iorio); "Leaks in the Pool: The Press at the Gulf War Battle of Khafji" (David H. Mould); "Professional Clock-Punchers: Journalists and the Overtime Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act"(Robert Jensen); "Love, Gender and Television News" (Don Heider and Leona Hood); "Tabloids, Lawyers and Competition Made Us Do It!: How Journalists Construct, Interpret and Justify Coverage of the O.J. Simpson Story" (Elizabeth K. Hansen); "The Taming of the Shrew: Women's Magazines and the Regulation of Desire" (Gigi Durham); "Communitarian Journalism(s): Clearing the Conceptual Landscape" (David A.
    [Show full text]
  • The Amicus Brief
    USCA Case #19-5278 Document #1837650 Filed: 04/10/2020 Page 1 of 45 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED No. 19-5278 _______________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ________________ CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, V. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant-Appellant. ________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia No. 1:17-cv-01167-JEB ________________ BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND 29 MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEE ________________ Bruce D. BroWn, Esq. Counsel of Record Katie Townsend, Esq. Caitlin Vogus, Esq.* Daniel J. Jeon, Esq.* REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 1156 15th Street NW, Ste. 1020 Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 795-9300 [email protected] *Of counsel USCA Case #19-5278 Document #1837650 Filed: 04/10/2020 Page 2 of 45 CERTIFICATE AS TO PARTIES, RULINGS, AND RELATED CASES PURSUANT TO CIRCUIT RULE 28(a)(1) A. Parties and amici curiae Except for the folloWing amici, all parties, intervenors, and amici appearing before the district court and in this Court are listed in Appellant’s brief: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, ALM Media, LLC, The Associated Press, BuzzFeed, The Center for Public Integrity, The Daily Beast Company LLC, DoW Jones & Company, Inc., The E.W. Scripps Company, Hearst Corporation, Inter American Press Association, International Documentary Assn., Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, The Media Institute, MediaNeWs Group Inc., National Press Club Journalism Institute, The National Press Club, National Press Photographers Association, The New York Times Company, The News Leaders Association, Online News Association, POLITICO LLC, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Society of Environmental Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, TIME USA, LLC, Tribune Publishing Company, Tully Center for Free Speech, and The Washington Post.
    [Show full text]
  • How Media Manipulates Public Opinion in Case of Wars
    World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR) ISSN:2455-3956, Volume-7, Issue-4, October 2018 Pages 28-32 How Media Manipulates Public Opinion in Case of Wars Udhava Gupta exaggerating or understating the statistics of war, ranging Abstract— This study aimed to explore the involvement of from the bombs dropped to the blood spilled. media in shaping the opinion of the public during various wars. Propaganda is used to support wars by evoking images of The research analysed three wars namely the Iraq war of 1991, nationalism, channeling fear towards enemies and using the Iraq war of 2003 and the Vietnam War using secondary data from various research articles, videos and history based phrases to villainize nations and foreign citizens. The media blogs. It was found that media played a pertinent role in not is also influenced by professional public relations, covert, and only forming the public’s opinions but also in orchestrating the overt government publications, which spread propaganda as war itself with the help of several tactics such as either news. The news sources, considered to be credible, can representing only half of the story based on unreliable sources knowingly or unknowingly push political agendas. Some or propagating “Breaking News” by using false claims and techniques used by government or officials with hidden headlines. The current research also found that media indulged in selectivity of history where they chose to present only positive agendas include paying news reporters to promote certain aspects of one side and negative things of the other issues without the broadcaster being well-informed on the whichfacilitatedthe achievement of their aim of framing the issue or without mention of trustworthy sources by media, public opinion.
    [Show full text]
  • ©[2012] Sandra Mardenfeld ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
    ©[2012] Sandra Mardenfeld ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REPORTERS IN PRACTICE: THE ROLE OF PRIVILEGE IN CONTEMPORARY JOURNALISM by SANDRA MARDENFELD A Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in Communication, Information and Library Science written under the direction of Dr. Susan Keith and approved by ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ New Brunswick, New Jersey [October, 2012] ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Reporters in Practice: The Role of Privilege in Contemporary Journalism By SANDRA MARDENFELD Dissertation Director: Dr. Susan Keith Journalists often take the position that confidential sources should remain anonymous. One tool journalists invoke when pressure is exerted by the government to reveal a source’s identity is reporters’ privilege, basing this right on the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and the press. Yet the interpretation of exactly what this Amendment promises is much debated. Studies on reporter’s privilege and shield laws usually focus on three arenas: historical developments (Allen, 1992), analysis of legislation and court cases (Fargo, 2006-c; Fargo, 2002; Schmid, 2001) and whether the First Amendment promises privilege at all (Marcus, 1983). Little research, however, looks at reporter’s privilege and shield laws through the eyes of practitioners and whether they think the threat of source exposure corrupts the newsperson’s ability to inform the public, thus hurting free speech. Similarly, there is little research on how the mainstream news media frame reporter’s privilege and shield laws and what the public thinks of them.
    [Show full text]
  • National Perspectives on Nuclear Disarmament
    NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EDITED BY: Barry M. Blechman Alexander K. Bollfrass March 2010 Copyright ©2010 The Henry L. Stimson Center Cover design by Shawn Woodley All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent from The Henry L. Stimson Center. The Henry L. Stimson Center 1111 19th Street, NW 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 phone: 202-223-5956 fax: 202-238-9604 www.stimson.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface .....................................................................................................................v Introduction ...........................................................................................................vii BRAZIL | A Brazilian Perspective on Nuclear Disarmament Marcos C. de Azambuja.....................................................................1 CHINA | China’s Nuclear Strategy in a Changing World Stategic Situation Major General Pan Zhenqiang (Retired)........................................13 FRANCE | French Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Disarmament Bruno Tertrais ..................................................................................37 INDIA | Indian Perspectives on the Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Rajesh M. Basrur .............................................................................59 IRAN | Iranian Perspectives on the Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Anoush Ehteshami............................................................................87
    [Show full text]
  • Protecting the Reporter's Privilege in the Age of Social Media
    Boston College Law Review Volume 60 Issue 8 Article 9 12-2-2019 Shielding the "Enemy of the People": Protecting the Reporter's Privilege in the Age of Social Media Ezra D. Dunkle-Polier Boston College Law School, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr Part of the First Amendment Commons, Internet Law Commons, Law and Politics Commons, and the Legal History Commons Recommended Citation Ezra D. Dunkle-Polier, Shielding the "Enemy of the People": Protecting the Reporter's Privilege in the Age of Social Media, 60 B.C.L. Rev. 2581 (2019), https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr/vol60/iss8/9 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SHIELDING THE “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE”: PROTECTING THE REPORTER’S PRIVILEGE IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Abstract: President Donald Trump and his surrogates regularly belittle media outlets that publish articles critical of the administration. Arguably, no newsgath- ering practice has undergone more scrutiny from the Trump Administration than the use of unnamed sources. During this time, journalists must understand the ex- tent to which the law will protect their reporting and their valuable anonymous sources. Almost forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court held in Branzburg v. Hayes, in 1972 that a general federal reporter’s privilege does not exist.
    [Show full text]
  • Danger Signals from Anonymous Sources
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Supervised Undergraduate Student Research Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects and Creative Work Spring 5-2007 Danger Signals From Anonymous Sources Gabriel Andrew Garcia University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj Recommended Citation Garcia, Gabriel Andrew, "Danger Signals From Anonymous Sources" (2007). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1071 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Supervised Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Work at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Danger Signals from Anonymous Sources Gabriel Garcia Dr. Dwight Teeter Senior Honors Project May 7,2007 1 Outline I. IntroductionlAnecdote II. How a Journalist Abused Anonymity. III. A Threatened Journalist Saved By a Waiver IV. Another Journalist Refuses to Talk. V. Trouble Over Confidentiality Hits the Sports World VI. The ASNE Conference VII. Supreme Court Precedent Weapon Against Journalists VIII. Conclusion 2 In the spring of 2004, a college newspaper reporter at the University of Tennessee had dinner with a couple of graduate students in English and a visiting professor at the Sunspot on bordering Cumberland Avenue. It was a fairly casual dinner, with the reporter taking his time to ask the visiting professor questions about his literary reading earlier in the evening. Suddenly, however, the visiting professor had blurted out a little tidbit that immediately piqued the budding journalist's attention.
    [Show full text]
  • Theire Journal
    FEATURES FEATURES THE IRE JOURNAL FROM THE IRE OFFICES VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 EDITOR & IRE DEPUTY DIRECTOR We battle the absurd Len Bruzzese MANAGING EDITOR as journalism pays price Anita Bruzzese ART DIRECTOR for years of ambivalence BRANT HOUSTON Wendy Gray 004 was not a stellar year for the relationship between public officials and investigative SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Steve Weinberg 2journalists. The number of attacks by judges and prosecutors on journalists doing their jobs was startling CONTRIBUTING LEGAL EDITOR and signaled that journalism will not get easier in this era of fear and secrecy. David Smallman The assault on the confidentiality of sources was high on the list of concerns. In the past year, judges and prosecutors tried to bully reporters into breaking promises and EDITORIAL INTERN revealing anonymous tipsters. Attempting to force a reporter to reveal a confidential source in a Katie Underwood democratic society should be a last resort of the courts. Frustrated or belligerent judges and prosecutors, however, have subpoenaed reporters, levied fines and threatened imprisonment when there were alternatives to getting the information. For a IRE detailed look at the situation, see the fall issue of The News Media and the Law (www.rcfp.org), a publication of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. IRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brant Houston The result of these rash moves was to create an absurdist and Kafkaesque world. Not one reporter we know of has revealed a source who didn’t agree to be revealed. But that BOARD OF DIRECTORS didn’t stop a state judge from imprisoning investigative reporter Jim Taricani of WJAR-Providence, R.I., in Taricani’s own home – even after Taricani’s source revealed his own identity.
    [Show full text]