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[IRE Journal Issue Irejournaljanfeb2007; Thu Jan PRELIMINARY SPEAKERSSPEAKERS LISTLIST Helena BengtssonBengtsson,, JenniferJennifer LaFleurLaFleur,, TheThe CenterCenter forfor PublicPublic IntegrityIntegrity TheThe DDallasallas MorningMorning NewsNews Robert BenincasaBenincasa,, GGannettannett NewsNews ServiceService Daniel LaLathropthrop,, SSeattleeattle Post-IntelligencerPost-Intelligencer Megan ClarkClarkee,, AndrewAndrew LehrenLehren,, TheThe NewNew YYorkork TimesTimes TheThe AtlantaAtlanta Journal-Journal-ConstitutionConstitution David MillironMilliron,, SarahSarah CohenCohen,, TheThe WWashingtonashington PostPost TheThe AtlantaAtlanta Journal-Journal-ConstitutionConstitution Chase DaDavisvis,, Houston ChrChronicleonicle Ron NixNixonon,, TheThe NewNew YYorkork TimesTimes Dave DavisDavis,, TheThe ((Cleveland)Cleveland) PlainPlain DDealerealer Paul OverbergOverberg,, UUSASA TodayToday SteveSteve DoigDoig,, ArizArizonaona StateState UniversityUniversity AronAron PilhoferPilhofer,, TheThe NewNew YYorkork TimesTimes David DonaldDonald,, IREIRE andand NICARNICAR JeffJeff PorterPorter,, IREIRE andand NICARNICAR JaimiJaimi DoDowdellwdell,, St.St. LLouisouis Post-DispatchPost-Dispatch AAdamdam ClaytonClayton PowellPowell IIIIII,, Carolyn EddsEdds,, St.St. PPetersburgetersburg (F(Fla.)la.) 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Patriot-News for ethnic media By Brant Houston, IRE 23 FERTILE GROUND FOR UTILITY INVESTIGATIONS USING SOURCES, DATABASES AND FOI LAWS 6 BOOKS OF 2006 By Tom McGinty Investigative authors probe variety of Newsday issues ranging from military operations to tainted food 25 ENERGY Energy & By Steve Weinberg AND UTILITY RESOURCES The IRE Journal Utilities 26 WATER WORRIES 14 ABUSIVE COPS Aging water system fl ows with Investigation uncovers nationwide contamination; problem of police offi cers sexually little offi cial oversight of costs, assaulting women maintenance By Craig R. McCoy and Nancy Phillips By Ron Seely The Philadelphia Inquirer Wisconsin State Journal 16 FALSE PLEDGE 29 POWER PLAY Telemarketing fi rm soliciting donations Undeserving power companies for troopers keeps more than half the nab tax breaks intended to reward money businesses creating jobs By Amy Davis By Mike McAndrew KPRC-Houston The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard 17 RECORDS BATTLE 31 HOOP PERKS Challenge to HIPAA over lead records Utility sponsorship of NBA team results in court’s groundbreaking ruling nets few rewards for ratepayers By Sharon Coolidge By Andrew McIntosh The Cincinnati Enquirer The Sacramento Bee 18 BIG HIT 33 PUMP CHECK Popularity of online mechanic fraud story Motorists have 1-in-25 chance of buying gas from a proves effectiveness of Web investigations pump that fails to give amounts within legal limit By Joel Grover By Lee Davidson KNBC-LA The (Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News ABOUT THE COVER NRG Energy Inc. of Princeton, N.J. received a $22 million property tax break in 2003 as a participant in New York’s Empire Zone program, which is designed to help businesses create new jobs. Cover Story Pages 20-33 Cover photo by Gary Walts, The Post-Standard JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 3 FEATURES THE IRE JOURNAL FROM THE IRE OFFICES VOLUME 30 ❘ NUMBER 1 MANAGING EDITOR Anita Bruzzese IRE promotes training PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR Megan Means for ethnic media ART DIRECTOR BRANT HOUSTON Wendy Gray SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Steve Weinberg t’s estimated that they serve 50 million readers and viewers. Their journalists are passionate, I optimistic and deeply connected to the community. The issues they cover include injustice, CONTRIBUTING LEGAL EDITOR housing and fraud, and they are not afraid to advocate for change. Their circulation and markets David Smallman are increasing – sometimes exponentially. While we once might have assumed this to be only the description of the mainstream media EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES in the United States, it actually is the story of ethnic media newsrooms, both large and small, Kate Rainey, Shannon Burke in this country. Some 700 of these organizations belong to New America Media, (www.newamericamedia.org) a coalition envisioned and started by Sandy Close, the founder of Pacifi c Radio and winner of a IRE MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the “genius grant”) in the mid-1990s. New America Media, or NAM, is the country’s fi rst and largest national collaboration of IRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ethnic news organizations. Close founded NAM under her nonprofi t news service – Pacifi c News Brant Houston – in 1996 in California. BOARD OF DIRECTORS As NAM states on its Web site, its “goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive public discourse PRESIDENT in our increasingly diverse, global society.” It also serves as a bridge to foundations and corpora- James V. Grimaldi, The Washington Post tions that are trying to fi gure out how to connect to communities of new citizens and immigrants who speak languages other than English. VICE PRESIDENT In
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