{"id":83,"date":"2011-11-10T15:10:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/?p=83"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:26:35","slug":"links-how-seattle-journalist-got-school-censorship-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/2011\/11\/links-how-seattle-journalist-got-school-censorship-scoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Links: How Seattle journalist got school censorship scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tweet<\/a><\/span>Al Tompkins, from the Poynter Institute<\/a>, an online organization focused on journalism based in the States, has posted a great Q&A<\/a> with American journalist Phyllis Fletcher. She is an education reporter for a radio station in Seattle, Wa., and recently\u00a0revealed a policy change<\/a>\u00a0in the school district she covers that would censor the schools’ student newspapers.<\/p>\n

The story had immediate results, reports Tompkins.<\/p>\n

At first, school officials denied there had been a change. Then they agreed there had been. Within a few days of Fletcher\u2019s report, and a flood of media follow-ups, the\u00a0school district completely reversed the policy.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What I like best about this interview is that it’s a great tutorial on what skills you need to complete an investigation. Fletcher says:<\/p>\n

You also have to find and expose things that haven\u2019t risen even to the watchdogs\u2019 finely-tuned radar. That means you have to find things that haven\u2019t made anyone angry (yet). You\u2019ll find things that are quirky, interesting, odd, or that demonstrate that the right hand doesn\u2019t know what the left hand is doing.\u00a0 The more you bring these things to light, the more you and your audience learn, and the more you build credibility with tipsters \u2014 and with the body you cover.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a must-read for those of us covering the education beat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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