So this won't be nearly as exciting as I had thought it might be, but here goes.
From 2001 to 2003 I was the city beat reporter for KSKA, the NPR affiliate in Anchorage. We had another reporter who covered the suburbs so I had few opportunities to interact with now VP candidate Sarah Palin. Nonetheless I knew of her back then, and as I've seen her story unfurl this summer, I remembered interviewing her on tape at least once. I also had this funny inkling that we'd talked about abortion, of all topics. Given how few conversations Palin has had with the media since John McCain selected her as his running mate, I thought it might be interesting to find that interview again. I even naively hoped I might be sitting on a scoop.
Tonight I went back through my CD archives of my days as a cub reporter in Alaska and found the story. The funny thing is the story wasn't about women's issues or family planning, but Palin's answer did mention abortion. The story was actually about campaign websites. Remember this was 2002 and the idea that every candidate would also campaign online was a fairly new concept, at least in Anchorage. I interviewed several different candidates, including Sarah Palin, about their "online strategies." Palin was running for Lieutenant Governor and she told me that since she had put up a website, she found that she would occasionally receive anonymous e-mails from potential voters asking for her stance on this or that issue. She said she would fire back candid answers. Here's the Palin soundbite from the story: "You don't know what their position is when they ask you a question, just a one sentence question, say, 'What's your view on abortion?' so you have to be brutally honest with them."
That's it. Okay, so it's not exactly Watergate but it is the only proof I have that I once interviewed the woman who may be our next Vice President. I'll post the audio. You'll note that I sound very young, and she sounds very much like she sounds today!
Listen here!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Truck Stop Politics
I forgot to post my latest story, which aired this past weekend. I went to a truck stop in West Phoenix and talked to truckers about the election. Here's the link!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Rene With Hair
Thanks for all the kind comments on John's new hairdo. Actually we've been so impressed with the Tempe Hair Institute that I decided to enroll myself. What do you think?
my next big adventure
To borrow a cliche, today is the first day of the rest of my life. I'm back from Texas and it's the Monday morning of the first real workweek for me after quitting my job. Strangely, so far it's not that different from any other week! I'm having cheese blintzes with boysenberry preserves. I'm reading the morning paper. I'm writing my to-do list for the day. I even have two stories I need to make calls on and an interview I'm trying to score for this afternoon. Later on I'm having coffee with someone about a possible job. So far, so good!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
John With Hair
After many family talks and conversations, John decided it was time to grow hair again. He enrolled in a state of the art follicular research program at the Tempe Hair Institute. He's been an in patient there for the last few weeks and today he was released, with his new mane of hair to show off. We wanted to celebrate by sharing this photo with you. Please let John know what you think of his new 'do.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
hanging low in grand prairie
I'm visiting my gramma in Texas this week. I had wanted to spend my first week after work away from home, to give me some time to quietly reflect on my changes. When my dad called a few weeks ago and said 91-year-old Gramma Gutel was starting to "slow down" I decided to come to Texas.
After my parents split up when I was about two, my dad moved back in with his mother. So "Gramma's house" was "my house" up until I was five or so. I remember making shrinky-dinks in her kitchen, watching her save Kool-Aid points for me, and generally being the princess of the house.
These days, she sleeps an awful lot, uses a walker, and can barely hear so it is difficult to have an extended conversation. But just being here is enough, and having this opportunity to spend time with her.
After my parents split up when I was about two, my dad moved back in with his mother. So "Gramma's house" was "my house" up until I was five or so. I remember making shrinky-dinks in her kitchen, watching her save Kool-Aid points for me, and generally being the princess of the house.
These days, she sleeps an awful lot, uses a walker, and can barely hear so it is difficult to have an extended conversation. But just being here is enough, and having this opportunity to spend time with her.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
PodCampAZ
Planning is underway for PodCampAZ, an "unconference" for podcasters, bloggers and people interested in new and emerging media fields. I've been asked to be a speaker this year which is interesting. Compared to many of the presenters and collaborators who specialize in social media, I represent the "old guard." As such, I've dubbed my talk "Old Media, New Media, Red Media, Blue Media." I am hoping the session will be a two-way conversation on what social media can learn from the traditional content producers, and vice versa. If you have any thoughts, questions or suggestions on this topic, please leave a comment or e-mail me. And mark November 1-2 on your calendar. The schedule for the event looks packed.
In other matters, I am back from SPJ08. It was a great conference and I'm looking forward to next year.
In other matters, I am back from SPJ08. It was a great conference and I'm looking forward to next year.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Scripps CEO Richard Boehne
It's the final day of the conference. There was a packed "super session" at midday today with Richard Boehne, the President and CEO of the Scripps Company. He fielded many, many questions from newspaper writers worried about the future of the industry.
Boehne said that the media landscape over the last 25 years has been like a track meet. In any given market, every media outlet had its own lane and knew its role. That’s no longer the case. He said we are in a moment of change in the TV industry as well. He says TV stations have the opportunity on the web to compete with newspapers in a way they never have before.
Q: An audience member said she understands that a public company needs to serve stockholders, but that isn’t always good for journalism and serving the public interest. Aren’t the two motives at loggerheads?
A: His first retort is quick-witted: “Do I look like Sam Zell?” After the laughter dies down, he said the company operates in the free market. He then went on to say that public shareholders are everyone – even your mom. He said sure, a non-profit model would be great, but the hurdle to get there is great too.
Boehne raised a lot of eyebrows when he said “An awful lot of journalism is just stenography.” He said this includes anything that’s just shoveling data (sports scores, stocks, etc.). That also includes just typing up much of what public officials say. In the future, he said there won’t be a need for stenographers. Strangely, this sounds like a good thing to me.
Boehne’s final words: “The future belongs to the storytellers.” As a public radio journalist that is interesting because so many of us think of ourselves as storytellers, as well as journalists.
Boehne said that the media landscape over the last 25 years has been like a track meet. In any given market, every media outlet had its own lane and knew its role. That’s no longer the case. He said we are in a moment of change in the TV industry as well. He says TV stations have the opportunity on the web to compete with newspapers in a way they never have before.
Q: An audience member said she understands that a public company needs to serve stockholders, but that isn’t always good for journalism and serving the public interest. Aren’t the two motives at loggerheads?
A: His first retort is quick-witted: “Do I look like Sam Zell?” After the laughter dies down, he said the company operates in the free market. He then went on to say that public shareholders are everyone – even your mom. He said sure, a non-profit model would be great, but the hurdle to get there is great too.
Boehne raised a lot of eyebrows when he said “An awful lot of journalism is just stenography.” He said this includes anything that’s just shoveling data (sports scores, stocks, etc.). That also includes just typing up much of what public officials say. In the future, he said there won’t be a need for stenographers. Strangely, this sounds like a good thing to me.
Boehne’s final words: “The future belongs to the storytellers.” As a public radio journalist that is interesting because so many of us think of ourselves as storytellers, as well as journalists.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Journalism for Fun and (Non) Profit
I'm continuing to blog my way through the Society of Professional Journalist's conference in Atlanta. Here are my notes from the session from Friday afternoon.
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The afternoon session is about taking the profit out of journalism. I’d like to think it’s the hardcore, true believers here in the audience. I heard one man at the doorway saying, “But I want to make profit!” The speakers are Joel Kramer, the editor and CEO of MinnPost, and Steve Engelberg, the managing editor of ProPublica in New York.
Kramer starts us off by talking about the creation of his site, MinnPost. He had to find a funding source. He did research that told him web advertising revenue is limited, and since the internet is regarded as free, you can’t have a subscription-only service. Kramer received a grant from the Knight Foundation, but says he eventually wants to have a sustainable non-profit business model, which means to bring in as much money as he’s spending.
Next up is Steve with ProPublica, a site that promotes “journalism in the public interest.” He says ProPublica is funded by major donors, and is not trying to get advertising. They partner with major newspapers. Engelberg says, “Down the road, we will all publish on the web.”
Now it’s time for the question and answer session.
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Q: Do you have any tips on writing a business plan?
A: The MinnPost founder he wrote his business plan himself because he had a background running a business. He even says he’d first raised a million and a half dollars before the plan was written. But then he pauses and takes a different course and says if you are a journalist with no business experience, get an experienced partner.
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Q: Do you still have access to places of “power” (governors, senators, etc.)
A: The ProPublica guy says he’s had fewer problems than expected. He imagined his journalists would have to explain themselves constantly and it hardly never happens. A guy in the audience says public institutions “treat the press like the press.”
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The afternoon session is about taking the profit out of journalism. I’d like to think it’s the hardcore, true believers here in the audience. I heard one man at the doorway saying, “But I want to make profit!” The speakers are Joel Kramer, the editor and CEO of MinnPost, and Steve Engelberg, the managing editor of ProPublica in New York.
Kramer starts us off by talking about the creation of his site, MinnPost. He had to find a funding source. He did research that told him web advertising revenue is limited, and since the internet is regarded as free, you can’t have a subscription-only service. Kramer received a grant from the Knight Foundation, but says he eventually wants to have a sustainable non-profit business model, which means to bring in as much money as he’s spending.
Next up is Steve with ProPublica, a site that promotes “journalism in the public interest.” He says ProPublica is funded by major donors, and is not trying to get advertising. They partner with major newspapers. Engelberg says, “Down the road, we will all publish on the web.”
Now it’s time for the question and answer session.
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Q: Do you have any tips on writing a business plan?
A: The MinnPost founder he wrote his business plan himself because he had a background running a business. He even says he’d first raised a million and a half dollars before the plan was written. But then he pauses and takes a different course and says if you are a journalist with no business experience, get an experienced partner.
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Q: Do you still have access to places of “power” (governors, senators, etc.)
A: The ProPublica guy says he’s had fewer problems than expected. He imagined his journalists would have to explain themselves constantly and it hardly never happens. A guy in the audience says public institutions “treat the press like the press.”
Friday Session @ SPJ08
Preparing to Lead Newsrooms in the 21st century
I arrived late to this session and missed the names of the two presenters, who were added late to the roster after the planned presenter had to cancel. The gist at the top is that newsrooms are looking, more than ever, for innovative and entrepreneurial people.
The audience was polled on whether or not the news industry is in trouble. Half think we’re doomed and half are optimistic. One of the speakers says “Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated” and launches into a mini-speech about why journalists should not panic, but be flexible.
We’re told that if you move up in the ranks of a newsroom, it’s important to have a big picture idea of what happens. It’s also important to have financial acumen and understand the impact of cost and think about making money off things.
Other pearls of wisdom: “Your twenties can be your decade of exploration. Move around. Try different jobs. But by the time you’re 30, be ready to commit to something.” (Man, this is getting depressing.) Oh, but then he says, “Don’t be afraid to quit a job.” Yay! We’re told to read the book “Quarter-life Crisis.” Of course, if I’m having a quarter-life crisis, I’ll live to be 120!
We’re also told – if you’re applying for jobs and not getting hired, it’s not you, it’s the industry. Don’t take the storms personally. One of the parting words is that if your newsroom is unbearable, “get the hell out of dodge.” Life is too short.
He says when he looks at resumes, he’s looking for a spark that says to him, “I think I can do anything.” He wants resumes to be a one-page headline sheet that says why a person is special.
I arrived late to this session and missed the names of the two presenters, who were added late to the roster after the planned presenter had to cancel. The gist at the top is that newsrooms are looking, more than ever, for innovative and entrepreneurial people.
The audience was polled on whether or not the news industry is in trouble. Half think we’re doomed and half are optimistic. One of the speakers says “Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated” and launches into a mini-speech about why journalists should not panic, but be flexible.
We’re told that if you move up in the ranks of a newsroom, it’s important to have a big picture idea of what happens. It’s also important to have financial acumen and understand the impact of cost and think about making money off things.
Other pearls of wisdom: “Your twenties can be your decade of exploration. Move around. Try different jobs. But by the time you’re 30, be ready to commit to something.” (Man, this is getting depressing.) Oh, but then he says, “Don’t be afraid to quit a job.” Yay! We’re told to read the book “Quarter-life Crisis.” Of course, if I’m having a quarter-life crisis, I’ll live to be 120!
We’re also told – if you’re applying for jobs and not getting hired, it’s not you, it’s the industry. Don’t take the storms personally. One of the parting words is that if your newsroom is unbearable, “get the hell out of dodge.” Life is too short.
He says when he looks at resumes, he’s looking for a spark that says to him, “I think I can do anything.” He wants resumes to be a one-page headline sheet that says why a person is special.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Third SPJ Session: "The First Five Years"
The next session is called “The First Five Years: You Can Do It.” The panelists are Orlando Sentinel reporter Adrian Uribarri, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Andria Simmons, and Mundo Hispanico reporter Leslie Froelich.
I’m in my eighth year in journalism, but figure I’ll check this out to learn what I probably should have three years ago! This crowd is much younger than the other sessions I’ve attended so far. First off, the moderator asks the panelists, “Have you ever felt burned out or wanted to leave journalism?”
Leslie says she studied Spanish in college and so she’s questioned her decisions many times, but she likes the challenge of her job and finds it very rewarding.
Andria says many young journalists are overworked and underpaid. Her motivation was that she felt she was working for herself first and foremost, and for her reputation.
Adrian says he’s had a lot of moments of burn-out, especially on weekends when he’s called to breaking stories. But he feels journalism is a way to explore all his interests through writing and multimedia.
For the rest of the session, the panelists took questions from the audience. Here are the highlights.
Q: One woman asks about graduate school. Does a graduate degree in journalism help?
A: The panelists say it’s more useful for someone who didn’t study journalism in college. Adrian says over all it is not very useful. He says pick a specialty and get a graduate degree in that. Andria says it might be good for the contacts. If you ever want to teach journalism, it could be good.
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Q: Is it essential to know HTML?
A: Andria talks about online HTML tutorials. A friend of hers told her to know it even if you don’t because if you get the job, you can learn it quickly.
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Q: How long do you stay at your first job?
A: Adrian says he spoke to a recruiter about this same question, and s/he told him that this idea of loyalty is over and that you’ve got to look at a way of getting something out of that job. When that’s over, you leave. But the moderator says make sure your resume looks like you are a growing and not only hopping around. Andria says many people wonder what they’re “supposed” to do. It’s okay to make what you later realize is a bad career move.
I’m in my eighth year in journalism, but figure I’ll check this out to learn what I probably should have three years ago! This crowd is much younger than the other sessions I’ve attended so far. First off, the moderator asks the panelists, “Have you ever felt burned out or wanted to leave journalism?”
Leslie says she studied Spanish in college and so she’s questioned her decisions many times, but she likes the challenge of her job and finds it very rewarding.
Andria says many young journalists are overworked and underpaid. Her motivation was that she felt she was working for herself first and foremost, and for her reputation.
Adrian says he’s had a lot of moments of burn-out, especially on weekends when he’s called to breaking stories. But he feels journalism is a way to explore all his interests through writing and multimedia.
For the rest of the session, the panelists took questions from the audience. Here are the highlights.
Q: One woman asks about graduate school. Does a graduate degree in journalism help?
A: The panelists say it’s more useful for someone who didn’t study journalism in college. Adrian says over all it is not very useful. He says pick a specialty and get a graduate degree in that. Andria says it might be good for the contacts. If you ever want to teach journalism, it could be good.
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Q: Is it essential to know HTML?
A: Andria talks about online HTML tutorials. A friend of hers told her to know it even if you don’t because if you get the job, you can learn it quickly.
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Q: How long do you stay at your first job?
A: Adrian says he spoke to a recruiter about this same question, and s/he told him that this idea of loyalty is over and that you’ve got to look at a way of getting something out of that job. When that’s over, you leave. But the moderator says make sure your resume looks like you are a growing and not only hopping around. Andria says many people wonder what they’re “supposed” to do. It’s okay to make what you later realize is a bad career move.
Session Two: "It's Not YourTube or YourSpace."
Session Two is called “It’s Not YourTube or YourSpace.” It's a discussion of copyright law and the issue of fair use. The speaker is Frank D. LoMonte, an attorney at the Student Press Law Center. He’s one of the few people at this conference wearing a suit and tie. He says it’s his lawyer get-up and asks us not to hold it against him.
LoMonte says he’s going to tell us about how, as journalists, we can get in trouble for using material that we did not create.
First off, he defines defamation. He says it’s a “false statement of fact about an identifiable person that harms their reputation.” (The caveat, he says, is that it’s got to be done with some degree of fault. You have to have been negligent so if you do your diligence, you won’t get sued because you’ll have done everything you’re supposed to do.)
Next he defines copyright. He says it “protects things reduced to tangible form.” LoMonte says his words are not copyrighted, but the hand-out he just gave us is. And he says it’s copyrighted even though you DON’T see the C with the circle on it. LoMonte says that among things you find online, the short answer is that nothing is fair game. He says the assumption should always be, when dealing with online content, that you should be get permission or that you’ll be using it under specific guidelines.
LoMonte goes on to explain what is NOT copyrighted: This includes documents created by the US government by a government employee who is acting in the scope of his duty. Those are in the public domain from the minute they’re created. Examples: a bill filed in Congress, a GAO report, etc.
So LoMonte brings up the big question: If the work is copyrighted, when can you use it anyway? Here are the exceptions:
- With consent,
- Another exception: Creative Commons work, BUT be sure you know the limits of the license,
- Parody – You’ve got to use the original in order for people to recognize what it is that you are parodying. But you have to really go over the top to be clear that you’re not trying to make minor alterations to something and then pass it off and sell it as your own. It’s a good idea to label it in someone: Parody, Satire, Commentary, etc,
Linking is okay, LoMonte says, so long as you don’t pass off the words as your own. Matt Drudge’s site wouldn’t exist otherwise!
He says linking to videos on YouTube with illegal copyrighted materials is the equivalent of having sex with everyone they’ve ever had sex with, which gets a good laugh from the audience.
His final point is that he has spelled out the law, but we should also use our own ethics to make our decisions as well.
LoMonte says he’s going to tell us about how, as journalists, we can get in trouble for using material that we did not create.
First off, he defines defamation. He says it’s a “false statement of fact about an identifiable person that harms their reputation.” (The caveat, he says, is that it’s got to be done with some degree of fault. You have to have been negligent so if you do your diligence, you won’t get sued because you’ll have done everything you’re supposed to do.)
Next he defines copyright. He says it “protects things reduced to tangible form.” LoMonte says his words are not copyrighted, but the hand-out he just gave us is. And he says it’s copyrighted even though you DON’T see the C with the circle on it. LoMonte says that among things you find online, the short answer is that nothing is fair game. He says the assumption should always be, when dealing with online content, that you should be get permission or that you’ll be using it under specific guidelines.
LoMonte goes on to explain what is NOT copyrighted: This includes documents created by the US government by a government employee who is acting in the scope of his duty. Those are in the public domain from the minute they’re created. Examples: a bill filed in Congress, a GAO report, etc.
So LoMonte brings up the big question: If the work is copyrighted, when can you use it anyway? Here are the exceptions:
- With consent,
- Another exception: Creative Commons work, BUT be sure you know the limits of the license,
- Parody – You’ve got to use the original in order for people to recognize what it is that you are parodying. But you have to really go over the top to be clear that you’re not trying to make minor alterations to something and then pass it off and sell it as your own. It’s a good idea to label it in someone: Parody, Satire, Commentary, etc,
Linking is okay, LoMonte says, so long as you don’t pass off the words as your own. Matt Drudge’s site wouldn’t exist otherwise!
He says linking to videos on YouTube with illegal copyrighted materials is the equivalent of having sex with everyone they’ve ever had sex with, which gets a good laugh from the audience.
His final point is that he has spelled out the law, but we should also use our own ethics to make our decisions as well.
Dealing with Pesky Sources
Here are my notes from the first session with Dave Garlock. His talk was called "Dealing with Pesky Sources." Garlock is a senior lecturer at the University of Texas.
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Garlock starts his talk letting us know what the SPJ guidelines are regarding sources: “Keep an arm’s length away.” He says some of his own suggestions in this session might make people feel uncomfortable.
His first hand-out consists of photocopies of bizarre trade magazines that didn’t make it, or haven’t made it very well. These are actual magazines that people sunk hundreds of thousands of dollars into:
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Magazine.
- The Mars & Venus Psychology Magazine
- Married Woman Magazine
- Bride Again (“The only magazine designed for encore brides”)
He says trade magazines can offer us unusual or offbeat sources.
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He says there is a high level of risk in dealing with government sources. Sometimes reporters don’t realize how dangerous it is. Another point: Bureaucrats outlast reporters. They don’t leave and if you make a mistake, it can haunt you for years. Focus on the “grunts”, not the politicians themselves. Politicians come and go.
Story: He had heard the boss of a military operation was going to be removed forcibly, in handcuffs. He had been told by a Congressional source involved in the decision. He was at a monthly – three weeks away from publication. He went and called the military PR guy and leaked it to THEM. They told everyone except the arrestee. He asked for a whole bunch of internal documents that he never would have been given. So he was given boatloads of top-secret info that no one else would have got.
(Question from audience: “Didn’t you become the actor in your own story? I’d be fired if I did what you did.”)
This sparks a debate in the audience about whether or not what he did was ethical.
Another time he was in the room with a House Armed Services investigator and the US was going to sell a bunch of old bombers to Egypt. Israel was saying not to sell them. But his government informant told him the bombers were useless and would give them no information. On the informant’s desk, he had a classified top secret report. He pointed at it and said he was going to go to the bathroom for 11 minutes, and then left and closed the door. In Garlock’s mind he thought, “If I read this, I’ll go to jail.” He thought the risk way outweighed the benefit and he did not touch the document.
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With sources, he would meet them and never take his notebook out, and never ask them a question. He’d say, “I just want to get to know you and let you know who I am.” He found that they got to trust him once they knew him. He wouldn’t report anything, but would just work hard to develop a relationship with the person.
Here are more Garlock tips for dealing with sources:
- If you’re new on a beat, admit it.
- Ask each contact for 5-10 more names.
- Ask them “What would YOU like to see in the newspaper? What aren’t we covering?”
- Keep your sources in a small notebook, cross-indexed by name and location. Keep it at the office AND at home.
- Subscribe to government newsletters.
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Garlock starts his talk letting us know what the SPJ guidelines are regarding sources: “Keep an arm’s length away.” He says some of his own suggestions in this session might make people feel uncomfortable.
His first hand-out consists of photocopies of bizarre trade magazines that didn’t make it, or haven’t made it very well. These are actual magazines that people sunk hundreds of thousands of dollars into:
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Magazine.
- The Mars & Venus Psychology Magazine
- Married Woman Magazine
- Bride Again (“The only magazine designed for encore brides”)
He says trade magazines can offer us unusual or offbeat sources.
---
He says there is a high level of risk in dealing with government sources. Sometimes reporters don’t realize how dangerous it is. Another point: Bureaucrats outlast reporters. They don’t leave and if you make a mistake, it can haunt you for years. Focus on the “grunts”, not the politicians themselves. Politicians come and go.
Story: He had heard the boss of a military operation was going to be removed forcibly, in handcuffs. He had been told by a Congressional source involved in the decision. He was at a monthly – three weeks away from publication. He went and called the military PR guy and leaked it to THEM. They told everyone except the arrestee. He asked for a whole bunch of internal documents that he never would have been given. So he was given boatloads of top-secret info that no one else would have got.
(Question from audience: “Didn’t you become the actor in your own story? I’d be fired if I did what you did.”)
This sparks a debate in the audience about whether or not what he did was ethical.
Another time he was in the room with a House Armed Services investigator and the US was going to sell a bunch of old bombers to Egypt. Israel was saying not to sell them. But his government informant told him the bombers were useless and would give them no information. On the informant’s desk, he had a classified top secret report. He pointed at it and said he was going to go to the bathroom for 11 minutes, and then left and closed the door. In Garlock’s mind he thought, “If I read this, I’ll go to jail.” He thought the risk way outweighed the benefit and he did not touch the document.
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With sources, he would meet them and never take his notebook out, and never ask them a question. He’d say, “I just want to get to know you and let you know who I am.” He found that they got to trust him once they knew him. He wouldn’t report anything, but would just work hard to develop a relationship with the person.
Here are more Garlock tips for dealing with sources:
- If you’re new on a beat, admit it.
- Ask each contact for 5-10 more names.
- Ask them “What would YOU like to see in the newspaper? What aren’t we covering?”
- Keep your sources in a small notebook, cross-indexed by name and location. Keep it at the office AND at home.
- Subscribe to government newsletters.
At the SPJ Conference in Atlanta
The Society of Professional Journalists is holding its convention in Atlanta. The sessions start today and will continue through Sunday. I’ll be posting updates and notes, as well as keeping up with other postings on Twitter. The hashtag is spj08. Thanks!
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