Announcement of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award entry in the category, Investigative reporting - newspaper/wire service. Mike Lee of theTri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington, received the award. Investigation uncovered 15 years of flagrant law-breaking and abuse by two farmer brothers. Actions involved disregard of state and federal laws and regulations, including illegal water and air pollution. Series titled, "Bitter Harvest."
Report of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award winner in the category, Feature reporting - photography. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register newspaper created a photo documentary of every county fair in the state (100 fairs in 99 counties). Published 100 photos in a series that "capture the essence of rural Iowan society."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23816
Notes:
Via Poynteronline. 3 pages, "If you want to practice journalism with a difference, mimic the military. Embed journalists everywhere. Embed them where people live, work, play, and pray. Embed them in neighborhoods, urban areas, rural areas, corporations, nonprofits, hospitalsl, families, retirement communities, conservative centers and liberal lodges." Author describes benefits.
Castro, Haroldo (author), Wyss, Jim (author), and World Conservation Union (IUCN), International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources.
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2003-09-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C24943
Notes:
Chapter 27 in Denise Hamu, Elisabeth Auchincloss and Wendy Goldstein (eds.), Communicating protected areas. Presented to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003.
