Reporting on the INS

Reporting on the INS

Winter 2002: Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Features• September 15, 2002

Journalists who devote considerable time to coverage of immigration and investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) write about why they report on a topic that rarely makes Page One. They also share experiences in how they’ve reported these stories, especially in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Arguably, this is one of the more difficult beats given the secrecy with which the INS guards much of what it does—a secrecy that some news organizations are now challenging on constitutional grounds. – Melissa Ludtke, Editor Read more

Investigating What Happens to Refugees in INS Detention

By Rick Tulsky• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

This is the kind of story that ‘many of us entered journalism to do.’ Read more

“Freedom of the Press Becomes a River Without Water”

By Herschel P. Fink• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

An attorney describes the fight for access to news in a post-September 11 world. Read more

The People’s Right to Know vs. Government Secrecy

By Hilary Burke• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

An immigration reporter joins a legal case to gain access to court hearings. Read more

Challenging the Reporting Limits Imposed By the INS

By Mark Dow• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

For asking an ‘inappropriate’ question, a reporter’s access is curtailed. Read more

Why Reporters Should Want to Cover Immigration

By Patrick J. McDonnell• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

It’s a big and important story. Editors don’t interfere much. And the public cares about the issues. Read more

Covering the INS in South Florida

By Susana Barciela• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘Without dogged media pursuit, little will change the INS culture of impunity.’ Read more

Documenting How INS Detainees Are Treated

By Steven Rubin• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Facing imminent deportation back to his native Guatemala for a criminal conviction, Ronald Zetino is visited by his young son and family. The Mira Loma jail is rare in that it allows visiting families to … Read more

Reporting on Children Held in INS Detention

By Chris L. Jenkins• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘It was this human contact that gave us the ability to get to the heart of his story.’ Read more

The Press Paid Little Attention When the Immigration Act Was Passed

By Anthony Lewis• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

By personalizing cases of injustice, a columnist connects readers to its consequences. Read more

The Oregonian Investigates Mistreatment of Foreigners

By Richard Read• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Reporters uncover ‘a world of racism, sexism and questionable conduct.’ Read more

Environment Reporting

Winter 2002: Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Four decades ago reporting on the environment was what Paul Rogers, natural resources and environment writer at the San Jose Mercury News, calls “a fringe pursuit.” He writes that “the craft is now firmly entrenched as a key beat … Read more

Complexity in Environment Reporting Is Critical to Public Decision-Making

By Paul Rogers• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘…the craft is now firmly entrenched as a key beat in American journalism.’ Read more

The Environment Beat’s Rocky Terrain

By Philip Shabecoff• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Editors often don’t see these stories as ‘traditional news,’ and reporters tread on sensitive ground inside the newsroom. Read more

The Beat Is a Tougher One Today

By James Bruggers• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Reporting on the environment requires more and better training of those who do it. Read more

A New Kind of Environment Reporting Is Needed

By Jim Detjen• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Blending objectivity with advocacy to arrive at sustainable journalism. Read more

Environment Journalists Don’t Get Much Respect

By Bud Ward• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘… the environment beat is so far down the journalistic pecking order that if it were alive it would be an amoeba.’ Read more

Connecting the Human Condition to Environmental Destruction

By Stan Grossfeld• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘… I kept my camera’s eye fixed on the haunting faces of children.’ Read more

Missing the ‘Big Story’ in Environment Coverage

By Charles Alexander• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘… if we don’t do a better job of telling the story, devastation of the environment will be partly our fault.’ Read more

The Environment Beat in the Nation’s Capital

By Margaret Kriz• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Reporters sort through promises of politicians and claims of advocates. Read more

A Government Agency Impedes Access to Information

By Joseph A. Davis• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

What right do the public and journalists have to see data about children’s health and the environment? Read more

Journalists Can Be Seduced By Aspects of Risk

By David Ropeik• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

By understanding how and why people perceive risks, reporters and editors can cover risk-related issues with more caution and balance. Read more

Understanding Factors of Risk Perception

By David Ropeik• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

RELATED ARTICLE “Journalists Can Be Seduced By Aspects of Risk” – David RopeikWhat follows is a basic list of risk perception factors. (They are culled from 20 years … Read more

After September 11, Headlines About Air Quality Were Everywhere

By Dan Fagin• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

A reporter explains his misgivings about this complicated story. Read more

The Press Portrayed the Story as Fish vs. Farmers

By Michael Milstein• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

But the Klamath River story is a whole lot more complicated than that. Read more

Photojournalism and Environment Stories

By Natalie Fobes• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

A photographer’s work ‘explores the increasingly complex relationship between people and the environment.’ Read more

Blue Earth Alliance

By Natalie Fobes• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Concerned that magazines and book publishers were no longer funding photographers’ long-term projects, Natalie Fobes cofounded Blue Earth Alliance RELATED ARTICLE “Photojournalism and Environment Stories” – Natalie Fobes(BEA) in 1996 as a … Read more

Connecting Scientific Data to Real Consequences for People

By Tom Henry• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Power, passion and accountability are key ingredients of environment stories. Read more

Newsroom Issues Affect Environment Coverage

By Peter Lord• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘One of our bigger problems can be our own employers.’ Read more

Training for Environment Writers

By Paul Rogers• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

RELATED ARTICLE “Newsroom Issues Affect Environment Coverage” – Peter LordPaul Rogers, natural resources and environment writer at the San Jose Mercury News, compiled this list of training opportunities for journalists to … Read more

Covering Breaking News on the Environment Beat

By Timothy Wheeler• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

At The (Baltimore) Sun, a city disaster leads to new investigations. Read more

Networks Aren’t Tuned in to the Environment

By Natalie Pawelski• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

By using storytelling to illuminate issues, ‘we tricked everyday viewers into paying attention to environmental news.’ Read more

Radio Uses Sound and Script to Transport Listeners to a Place

By Peter Thomson• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘In environmental reporting, nothing is more elemental than the sense of place.’ Read more

A Beat About Business and the Environment

By Christy George• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

A broadcast journalist starts to see stories through a more complicated lens. Read more

Fighting to Get Environment Stories on Television

By Jacques A. Rivard• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

A veteran journalist uses fresh strategies with editors. Read more

Using a Camera to Document Global Warming

By Gary Braasch• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘This is a magnificent and urgent story just beginning to be told.’ Read more

Antarctica

By Gary Braasch• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Ornithologist Fraser at a diminished Adelie colony on Torgersen Island The disintegrating Müller Ice Shelf, Lallemand Fjord A male … Read more

The Arctic

By Gary Braasch• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Native village of Shishmaref, Alaska, undergoing attack by Bering Sea erosion Geophysicist Osterkamp shows permafrost thaw-down near Healy, Alaska … Read more

Glaciers and Sea Level Change

By Gary Braasch• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Sagarin at Monterey tide pools High tide on Delaware Bay near Cape Bay A shrinking Rhone glacier, in 1859 … Read more

Covering the Environment From Rio to Johannesburg and Beyond

By Marcelo Leite• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

A Brazilian journalist describes his frustration with the beat. Read more

Environment Reporting in China

By Sun Yu• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

There is government control and strained finances, but coverage of the environment is flourishing. Read more

Reluctance to Read News About the Environment

By Nanise Fifita• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

‘…trying to convince people about the importance of protecting the environment sometimes falls on deaf ears.’ Read more

Satellite Imagery for Environment Reporting

By Claire Parkinson• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

Journalists can use these images and data to report and illustrate stories. Read more

Finding Environmental Satellite Images on the Web

Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 2002

RELATED ARTICLE “Satellite Imagery for Environment Reporting” – Claire ParkinsonClaire Parkinson compiled a list of Web sites where reporters can find a wide selection of satellite imagery relevant to environmental topics. Read more