Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog., Article about legal actions involving two television reporters who were fired from a Florida station for refusing to broadcast "what they knew and documented to be false and distorted information about Monsanto's bovine growth hormone (BGH) - a genetically engineered product that has been linked to the proliferation of breast, prostate and colon cancer cells in humans." Includes their scripts, as well as the censored version.
Connon, C. (author), Hammond, T. (author), Myers, J. (author), Freund, E. (author), Roerig, S. (author), and Melius, J. (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05961
Notes:
Research abstract extracted from the proceedings of "Agricultural Safety and Health: Detection,Prevention and Intervention," a conference presented by the Ohio State University and Ohio Department of Health and sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Columbus, Ohio, August 24-26, 1994. 1 page.
Article maintained in ACDC collection of NAAJ/NFEA Newsletter issues., Brief description of topics addressed in a meeting of scientists and university agricultural communicators.
Describes the differing roles of science and public journalism. Notes an increase in the number of science and health reporters who have advanced training in the fields they cover and a growing number of reporters being assigned to cover health-risk stories. Also notes development of a new form of journalism devoted to service rather than news.
