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[IRE Journal Issue Irejournalmayjun2002; Wed Mar CONTENTS 22 – 29 SALVAGED AUTOS THE IRE JOURNAL Consumers duped into buying dangerous cars from Russian mob By Chris Halsne TABLE OF CONTENTS KIRO-Seattle MAY/JUNE 2002 FUNERAL COSTS Reporting unearths advice 4 Survey underscores problem: from research, hard numbers Lack of training hurts morale, By Jeff Blyskal injures journalists’ credibility Consumer Reports By Brant Houston BOGUS REFUNDS 5 NEWS BRIEFS AND MEMBER NEWS Database shows public agency puffed up restitution numbers 6 WINNERS NAMED By Sheryl Harris IN 2001 IRE AWARDS The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer By The IRE Journal 30 KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ 9 BUDGET PROPOSAL Reporter takes the wheel to track exhausted drivers IRE adjusts expenses, By Judy Thomas while maintaining key efforts The Kansas City Star By Brant Houston The IRE Journal 33 HIDDEN CAMERA Undercover work shows sheriff drinking, driving 11 LEGAL CORNER By Gerry Lanosga and Kathleen Johnston History supports access by press to WTHR – Indianapolis military tribunals Edward J. Klaris 34 NEW BOOKS FOCUS ON JOURNALISM’S DARK SIDE By Steve Weinberg 12 THE 2002 IRE ANNUAL The IRE Journal CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO By The IRE Journal 36 WASHINGTON JOURNALISTS TEST PUBLIC RECORD ACCESS By Paula Lavigne Sullivan 14 LEAD PAINT The (Tacoma) News Tribune Vastness of the problem leads to stories on every beat 38 LETHAL FORCE By Jim Haner Questions raised about police shootings and official inquiries The (Baltimore) Sun By Sarah Huntley and Brian D. Crecente The Rocky Mountain News 16 CORPORATE LOBBYISTS’ INFLUENCE AT FCC DEEPENS 41 SEVERAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES COLLABORATE ON TRIS WEB SITE By Brendan I. Koerner By Carolyn Edds Mother Jones The IRE Journal 17 FOI REPORT Proposed FOI exemptions at ABOUT THE COVER state agency level require healthy skepticism Investigations into how business is really By Charles Davis done are critical to providing information to the consumer. 18 SOME TEACHERS KEEP FLUNKING TESTS, BUT KEEP INSTRUCTING Cover story, pages 22-29 NEEDIEST STUDENTS By Rosalind Rossi Chicago Sun-Times Cover photo illustration by 20 SPOTTING A COMPANY HEADED Wendy Gray, The IRE Journal FOR TROUBLE MAY/JUNE 2002 3 THE IRE JOURNAL FROM THE IRE OFFICES VOLUME 25 NUMBER 3 DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS & EDITOR Survey underscores problem: Len Bruzzese MANAGING EDITOR Lack of training hurts morale, Anita Bruzzese ART DIRECTOR injures journalists’ credibility Wendy Gray BRANT HOUSTON SENIOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ver the past year, concerns have steadily increased about the drop in support and Steve Weinberg funding for training for journalists. Much of the information has been anecdotal, although at IRE and the National CONTRIBUTING LEGAL EDITOR David Smallman OInstitute for Computer-Assisted Reporting we have been able to measure some of the drop in training requests and revenue. (See our budget message on page 9). EDITORIAL INTERN Now, however, we have substantial and quantifiable information on the pathetic lack Gina Bramucci of money and time allotted to – and within – newsrooms for training and the widespread concern among journalists about the situation. An extensive survey of the news industry has just reported that U.S. journalists cite a lack IRE of training as their No. 1 source of dissatisfaction – more than pay and benefits. IRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The survey by the Council of Presidents of National Journalism Organizations, of which Brant Houston IRE is a member, found that news executives acknowledge they should provide more training for their employees, but say time and insufficient budgets are the main reasons they don’t. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The survey was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which provides grants to IRE and other journalism organizations to support training. It was conducted through CHAIRMAN Princeton Survey Research Associates and included nearly 2,000 journalists and news execu- James Neff, The Seattle Times tives from all news media. (The full study is available through www.ire.org.) PRESIDENT David Dietz, Bloomberg News Key issues: Money and time VICE PRESIDENT The survey report – “Newsroom Training: Where is the investment?” – reported 12 key Shawn McIntosh, The Clarion-Ledger findings. Among them: Eight of 10 journalists think they need more training and nine of 10 TREASURER executives think their employees would benefit from it. While there has been some improve- Joel Kaplan, Syracuse University ment in the last 10 years, training budgets remain less than 1 percent of total budgets. Since Sept. 11, at least 30 percent of those surveyed said they had cut their budgets significantly. SECRETARY Ed Delaney, Barnes and Thornburg But money, as we have heard, is not the only problem. Fully 40 percent of executives said they could not give employees more than three days off for training. Paul Adrian, KDFW-Dallas At our most recent annual conferences in Chicago and Philadelphia, we knew that many David Boardman, The Seattle Times journalists not only had to pay their own way, but also had to take vacation days to come to James V. Grimaldi, The Washington Post the conferences. One large circulation paper would not even allow reporters to take vacation Chris Heinbaugh, WFAA-Dallas days to go the conference. In another case, we were told that the feeling was: “If a reporter can Cheryl Phillips, Freelance leave the newsroom for more than three days, then we probably don’t need that reporter.” Duane Pohlman, WEWS-Cleveland Stephen Miller, The New York Times Employees favor longer training Mark Rochester, Newsday In broadcast media, the survey found a bleaker situation in which local radio gets almost Stuart Watson, WCNC-Charlotte no training and local TV has one of the biggest gaps between demand for training and how much is received. The IRE Journal (ISSN0164-7016) is pub- Not surprisingly, the survey found news executives favored local, short, inexpensive train- lished six times a year by Investigative ing, while the employees favored longer training at a distance from daily duties. In conducting Reporters and Editors, Inc. 138 Neff Annex, Missouri School of Journalism, our workshops, we understand why the employees favor it. It’s not unusual for a desperate Columbia, MO 65211, 573-882-2042. editor to come into a seminar room and pull an employee out to cover a breaking story. E-mail: [email protected]. Subscriptions are We hope this survey will set off a major alarm. We are journalists in a time that requires $60 in the U.S., $70 for institutions and those outside the U.S. Periodical postage paid more sophisticated skills, analysis and writing. Yet even the most basic training is lacking. at Columbia, MO. Postmaster: Please send It is little wonder that the credibility of our profession continues to suffer. address changes to IRE. USPS #4516708 Brant Houston is executive director of IRE and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted © 2002 Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. Reporting. He can be reached through e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 573-882-2042. 4 THE IRE JOURNAL I R E N E W S Industry awards spotlight IRE members MEMBER NEWS Among the journalism awards 2001 Scripps Howard obert Bluey, a graduate of Ithaca Col- handed out this year by various Foundation’s National R lege, is now the publications fellow at organizations, many have singled Journalism Awards the nonprofit Student Press Law Center. He • Environmental reporting (under 100,000 is working on the SPLC Web site and serv- out the work of IRE members. circulation): Scott Streater, Pensacola We spotlight several here. Mem- (Fla.) News Journal, for “Hidden Hazard.” ing as managing editor of the SPLC Report. • Distinguished service to literacy: Paul Nate Carlisle, a recent graduate of the bers’ names are in bold: Riede, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., Missouri School of Journalism, is covering for a report that examined the commitment 2002 Pulitzer Prize to teaching young children to read in Syra- higher education for the Columbia (Mo.) for Investigative Reporting cuse. Daily Tribune. Andy Crain has left the • Business/economics reporting: The Wall • Winners: Scott Higham, Sarah Cohen Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune and is free- and Sari Horwitz of The Washington Street Journal and reporters Rebecca Smith Post for a series exposing the deaths of and John Emshwiller for exposing financial lancing in Cincinnati. Geoff Dutton is 229 children in the District of Columbia’s and accounting irregularities that led to the now a staff writer for The Columbus Dispatch. collapse of Enron Corp. child protection system between 1993 and • Public service reporting (over 100,000 cir- Sasa Lekovi has joined Europa Press Hold- 2000. culation): The Seattle Times for “Uninformed ing, Croatia’s largest newspaper conglomer- • Finalists: Duff Wilson and David Heath Consent” by Duff Wilson and David Heath. ate. Lekovi is working to establish investi- of The Seattle Times; David Fallis, Craig • Public service reporting (under 100,000 Whitlock and April Witt of The Washing- circulation) (tie): York (Pa.) Daily Record gative teams for several of the company’s ton Post; Russell Carollo, Mike Wagner, and The York (Pa.) Dispatch/York Sunday publications, as well as organizing work- Christine Willimsen-Vasconez, Doug News, for reporting that spurred a renewed shops for investigative reporters and editors. Harris, Taib Bajramovic and Cesar investigation into the 1969 race-riot deaths Jimenez for the Dayton Daily News. of a black woman and a white police officer. Todd Milbourn, formerly with The Min- Reporters included Susan Martin of the York nesota Daily, is now covering the Minnesota 2002 Goldsmith Prize for Daily Record and Mark Scolforo of The York delegation on Capitol Hill for the Minneapolis Dispatch/York Sunday News. Investigative Reporting Star Tribune. Stephanie Mojica is report- • Winners: Duff Wilson and David Heath • Web reporting: USAToday.com and report- of The Seattle Times for “Uninformed Con- ers Dennis Cauchon, Barbara Hansen, ing on courts and law enforcement for the sent,” the story of cancer patients at Fred Anthony DeBarros, Paul Overberg for a Chesapeake bureau of The Virginian-Pilot.
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