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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1982)
emerald back door Covering the capitol from every angle The press room in the State capitol building was originally a corridor, but now the long room houses desks, typewriters, video display terminals, phone books, and butt-filled ash trays Nothing looks organized; profession al journalists, it seems, don't have time to be neat. Next door, separated by a wall, radio and television reporters and technicians reign in small cubicles stocked with tape recorders, microphones as well as typewriters Be careful not to trip over the 22-pound camera resting in the hall. "Atiyeh was clearly irritat ed "a radio reporter recited into a microphone As these journalists worked to inform the public, comments like these and more leaked from their lips at the ceremonial start to the Legislature's Special Ses sion The session, called by Gov. Vic Atiyeh in an attempt to cope with Oregon's deter iorating economy, brought legislators and lobbyists to Salem in droves Naturally, T V cameras, microphones and pencil-pushin' reporters followed to report the issues facts and any additional an tics to the waiting public Aileen Pincus-Walker, pre sident of the Capitol Press Tim Kenney, a UPI correspondent, reads through wire copy between legislative meetings. Corps, guessed that 15 to 18 journalists regularly cover legislative occurances Yes terday's news brought 10 additional reporters, “not counting the photo graphers,” said Pincus Walker, who freelances for several T V. and radio sta tions Yesterday s ceremonial brouhaha will die down as the legislators dive into the budget-cutting questions at hand For the journalists, the session will mean translating the political jargon used in committee meetings into plain English “Sometimes you just want to sit up and scream, That doesn't make any sense!' " said Leslie Zaitz, the Oregonian's correspondant “One of the hardest parts of this job is translating all the jargon,” moaned Tim Kenny of United Press Inter national after a Ways and Means Committee meeting "Talk like real people, will ya?" he pleaded under his breath Salem Statesman-Journal writer Sue Hill estimated that deciphering is 90 percent of her job, adding that any beat involves unintelligible jargon “In general, I don’t think we do a very good job ex plaining to the people," she says matter-of-factly "We still use too much jargon “Most of what we write is While NBC get up to tape an Interview with Gov. Vic Atlyeh, Oregon televlaion newt taped NBC. not read," Hill says adding that the monotony of state government may be the rea son Legislative reporting in volves covering long, tedious and boring committee meet ings Hill’s trick for finding the story behind the motions is to watch who walks out of the meeting "All the deci sions are made out in the hall" she said "It pays to hang out there." "One of the most frustrat ing things here is the lack of immediacy," she adds On slow news days, some legis lators or lobbyists schedule news conferences only to draw attention to them selves "That's what this build ing's all about — manipulat ing the press," she said em phatically, pounding her finger Don Jepsen, of the Oregon Journal, says, “You put up with the monotony." The shining nuggets that produce good copy make up for humdrum days Henny Willis, a journalist at the Eugene Register-Guard, combats the boredom by do ing crossword puzzles and thinking about his pay-check Longtime capitol reporters have also developed a cyn ical view of government Hill's eyes narrowed when she discussed the subject Zaitz shrugged his shoulders "You tend to get overly cynical." Zaitz admitted, though he said he tries to overcome this in his news stories He and his co-horts channel their criticisms of the system through analyses and columns Hill was more vocal "If you brought a taxpayer here for a day, they'd be shocked by the way (the sys tem) works " By Carolyn Petrlch Photo* by Mark Pynat EDUCATION STUDENTS: BE A WARE! 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