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Suffolk University • Boston, Massachusetts Volume 67, Number 1 9 www.suffolkjournal.net Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Conference discusses changes in media Colleen Koperek revealing a confidential source, Tracy Journal Staff SUFFOLK Breton, investigative reporter for The Providence Journal, who still has a bullet in Suffolk University's Communications her leg as the result of an incident on and Journalism Department hosted a series assignment in Florida and Wall Street of panel discussions on "Journalism in the Journal Senior Reporter Daniel Golden, Changing Media World," on March 25-26 author of "The Price of Admission," based in the newly renovated C. Walsh Theatre. on his Pulitzer Prize winning articles. Twenty panelists,four of whichare Pulitzer The discussion, moderated by Assistant Prize winners, including senior editors, Professor Bmce Butterfield, a friend and reporters and nearly 800 students and facul former colleague ofmany of those on the ty and participated in discussions on the panel, detailed their multiple legal prob role of newspaper editors and opinion lems, outlined the unique niche of their columnists, journalism on the internet, trade and traded stories of their exhilarating investigative reporting andbroadcast news. careers. The panel all agreed that being a The event, which was part of the reporter is the most fun one will ever have Centennial Partnership Series, presented in life, while getting paidfor it. views and ideas ranging from Radio Open On day two, Suffolk welcomed WCVB- Source's Christopher Lyndon's Emersonian TV news anchor Natalie Jacobson, WGBH- view of the Internet to WJAR-TV's Jim TV's Emily Rooney and NECN's R.D. Sahl. Taricani's account of his six-month federal Kristin Morreil - Journai Staff NECN news director Charles Kravitz mod house arrest. Suffolk welcomed Journalists from the world of print, broadcasting and radio to erated the panel's lively and sometimes The first discussion featured The Boston discuss therole of the Internet and future of newspapers In the coming years. combative discussion of broadcast journal Globe Editor Marty Baron, The Denver ism. Post Editor Gregory Moore, Bob Giles, the five panels was the discussion on Howard's infamous first foray into journal The conference took a short break for curator of the Niemen Foundation for Internet and journalism, which featured ism, as an undercover reporter posing as a lunch as columnist Mike Bamicle enter Journalism at Harvard University and the Lydon, credited with the first podcast, Playboy Bunny were all discussed. tained the audience with stories from the former editor of The St. Louis Post- Margo Howard of "Ask Margo," on Yahoo! The last discussion of the day covered bygonedays of the newsroom. Dispatch and current visiting fellow at the News and David Walsh, editor of the role of investigative journalists as a A panel discussion on opinion journal Poynter Institute, Ellen Soeteber. EconomicPrincipals.com. Lydon's enter watchdog whose job is "to inform the pub ism concluded the two-day seminar. Globe Eileen McNamara, a columnist for the taining and sometimes controversial views lic of what the powers that be are doing." columnists Joan Vennochi and Derrick Globe, moderated, inquiring about the chal inspired debate not only amongst the pan The impressive panel was comprised of Jackson anchored a conversation that aslo lenges facing editors in terms of the elists, but students leaving were overheard Walter Robinson, former head of the Globe included Froma Harrop ofThe Providence Internet, changing business models and continuingthe debate. Spotlight team and most known for his cov Journal and Peter Gelzinis of The Boston criticisms of the mainstream media. The The idea of extending the "culture of erage of the Catholic priest abuse scandal, Herald. While none of the panelist seemed editors gave their candid, often humorous, verification" by way of hyperlinks, the Jim Taricani, investigative reporter for particularly threatened by the blogosphere opinions and insights andfielded questions warnings of Lyndon to readers to be WJAR-TV in Providence, who spent six they did stress the difference between tme from students. By far the most attended of "extremely discriminating" and the storyof months under federal house arrest for not journalism and blogging. Former sailor, now undergrad, aids troop drive John S. Forrester saidDillaby. The only time that you were clipped in was Suffolk's Human Resources department as Journal Staff Working as an aircraft control radar tech whenyou were stationary." well as beginning hiscollegeeducation. nician on board the Constellation supporting Describing the transition from a large, "It's different. I walked into the class - A campus-wide drive to provide troops 85 aircraft, including F-14 'Tonj Cats,' F/A combat-deployable aircraft carrier to a 209- First of all I come straight from here overseas with needed items, sponsored by 18 'Hornets,' and EA-6B 'Prowlers,' Dillaby year-old wooden battleship as a huge [Human Resources] so I look like this," S.O.U.L.S., is underwayas bins were placed participated in the initial Iraqi Freedom change, Dillaby dealt with high ranking offi Dillaby said, smiling and gesturing to his in various parts of Suffolk's campus to operation, in which around one million cers from Admirals to the Secretary ofthe suit, "Other people are wearingsweatpants." accept donations. pounds of explosives were dropped in over Interiorand organizedevents. In addition to He added, "I don't think I look that much While the lives ofmany students work 1,500 missions launched from the carrier. mbbing shoulders with prominent figures older." ing on the drive have little in common with In mid 2003, as the Constellation con while serving on the ship, Dillaby also was Responding to the S.O.U.L.S. e-mail, the the average GI. in Iraq or Afghanistan, one cluded its mission in the Persian Gulf, the married to his high school sweetheart, group solicited Dillaby's help to attract participant in the drive has a special connec ship was scheduled to be decommissioned. Kimberly, on the ship - a privilege reserved donations from companies, individuals, and tion to those who are on the receiving end of Like each member of the 5,000-person crew, for crew members only. Suffolkemployees. the on-going effort. Dillaby knew he would soon have to find After Dillaby was discharged from the "I think the troop drive is a good thing "I got the university-wide e-mail that said another position. Navy last year, he started working in because you tendto get the majorityof sup they were looking for volunteers for a troop Based in San Diego, the New England port during the holidays. It tends to slow drive," said freshmanPublic Administration native wanted to be closer to his roots and down during the non-holiday period," he major Edwin Dillaby, 28, of Nashua, NH, applied for a position on the U.S.S. said, "It's good people can show their sup "That strikes a chord with me having been Constitution, the world's oldest commis port outsideof the holidays." recently separatedfrom themilitary." sioned battleship. Given that a strong anti-war sentiment After serving for nine years in the U.S. "I had to get new orders and I wanted to has been growing among the American pub Navy, working on a Kitty-Hawk class air come back to Boston, to be close to whereI lic, Dillaby said some could misinterpret the craft carrier, the U.S.S. Constellation, during live, and obviously the Constitution is a spe drive as beingpro-war or pro-Bush. the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and later cial duty which is an honor," Dillaby said, "I "That's not the case here. Our main goal aboard "Old Ironsides," the U.S.S. thoughit would ease the transitionfrom the is to boost morale regardlessof our viewsor Constitution in Boston, Dillaby began his military into the eivilian world." whether we think we should be in any par studies at Suffolk at the start ofthe spring Dillaby, who describes serving on the ticular conflict," he said. semester. ship as being "the face of the Navy," had to As Dillaby sits in his office in 1 Beacon Like many in the services, Dillaby says go through a selection process to ensure his Street, several friends of his are on active he joined the Navy to earn money for col public speaking skills and public relations duty in Iraq; many others have already left lege and to travel. skills were on par. Aside from deaUng with the services and are living on the west coast. "The navy travels the most. That was visitors, Dillaby had to climb up the masts Although long distances now separate definitely drawa for me. I had three deploy as part of his duties. Dillaby and those he served with, perhaps John S. Forrester - Journal Staff ments to the Middle East, and on the way "We had to wear a harness but it was working on the troop drive is just one way back I don't know how many ports we hit," basically free climbing the whole way up.