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."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25987
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Article published in the Times-News, Hendersonville, North Carolina. 2 pages., Describes results of two roundtables that brought the newspaper together with readers "to examine questions of the public's trust in journalism."
Murdock, Graham (author), Petts, Judith (author), and Horlick-Jones, Tom (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07372
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Pages 156-178 in Nick Pidgeon, Roger E. Kasperson and Paul Slovic (eds.), The social amplification of risk. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 448 pages.
USA: August House Publishers, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23665
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416 pages., Focuses on the often under-rated role of the country correspondents and the unique difficulties of the rural newspaper's role as both critic and member of a small community.
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."
Cassels, Alan (author), Hughes, Merrilee A. (author), Cole, Carol (author), Mintzes, Barbara (author), Lexschin, Joel (author), and McCormack, James P. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2003-04-29
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22096
