Volume 2: Issue 3
Inside this issue:
I. Video: “New Media, New Standards? Ethics in Online Journalism Forum”
II. Event: “New Pamphleteers/New Reporters Conference June 4-6, 2008″
III. From the Development Office: Sponsors Mankato Free Press and Northland’s NewsCenter
Read the entire issue here:
Newsworthy Online | March 2008 (PDF)
Robert Herickhoff complained that The Free Press’s coverage of the issue misled the public and unfairly impugned the reputation of school board members. He charged thatThe Free Press did not check the veracity of the allegation of voting illegality before publishing the accusation and that, given the uncertainty of the legal status of the vote, the paper should not have published a front-page story. He said that, contrary to the editorial’s assertion, the study session was well advertised, well attended and did not involve “secrecy and behind-the-scenes arm twisting.” Finally, he complained that the follow-up article again suggested that the board may have acted illegally.
Attending the hearing were Zachary Zoul, city administrator of the city of St. Peter, with Randal LeNeave as counsel and Patricia Plys, editor of the St. Peter Herald; and Michael Larson, editor of the Free Press.