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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

The Poynter Institute Asks Tough Questions

The Poynter Institute quotes Steve Ackermann, news director at WXIX (Cincinnati), in this centerpiece article:

"When you have a big story and your reporter comes back with something controversial that may be exclusive, will your producer take the risk of holding it (or just floating it) in the rundown until there is time to discuss how it is being reported? That is a producer who is empowered. After we empower them, it is up to us to help those producers learn how to take the right kinds of risks.

A must read for news producers and reporters: Tough Questions: Deciding When a Story Has 'Gone Too Far' is on the Poynter Institute's website.

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