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S*v<*el professor* and students from the Joumattam school participated In an ethic* «*cuuton *t» KVAl
TV reporter Mark MMIer at AHer» Hall on Monday evening Working closely with f.ugen# poMce. Mllw had
posed as a drug buyer and successfully racordad an illegal sale Jon 21
Media-police relations focus of panel
■ ETHICS: Par >< pants us*
how much the media
should assist the police
By Krtetin Bailey
SWw mp&m
What is the role of media in
soc iety11 Watchdog? Provider of
"good televa!on"? Catalyst of
change?
Recent media stories in con
I tut ion with Eugene Police
Department undercover butt*
sparked a discussion of media
ethic* Monday night in Allen
Hall. sponsored by the Society of
Professional |oumali«ts (SPJ1
A week before Christmas,
KVAL-TV new* reporter Mark
Miller went undercover in the
Whiteaker neighborhood and
bought SU dollar* of "chtva."
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police ( ameras rolled The story
aired later that night
Miller, along with KVAL new*
director Paul Reins and Tun t Tea
son. University associate dean
and professor at the piurnahun
school. answered questions and
dm usaed the rthu .* of this type
of undercover reporting
"What was going on wa* that
drug dealing was lisemilly so bla
tant, dial it was disrupting life in
the neighborhood,' Miller said
“Anybody who would walk
down that block „ would be
aggressively actuated to
buy drugs "
In response, the bugene Police
Department's Rapid Deployment
Unit Iwgan a massive undercov
er ojwration to stop the drug deal
ing Police approached local
media organizations, including
KVALTV. and offered first-hand
reports of drug busts
"!The poliiel were willing to
do some things that the* weren't
so willing to do in the past,"
Miller said
These things included allow
ing Miller to make an undertov
er drug deal in order to get a slo
»y
Although Miller's story was a
public: relations coup for the
police department and an excit
ing new* story, the deception of
his drug deal may have blurred
the definition of media ethics.
Gleason said
We had a reporter who was
pretending not to he a reporter
and was actually representing
himself as something oilier than
a reporter." Gleason said “And
that's deception M
Some attendees of the discus
sion voiced their concerns of
media cooperation with police
operations and whether KVA1.
crossed the line* of "good jour
nalism" by paricpating in
the b«.*t.
However. Ri«it pointed out
thet lex ituw KVAt. maintained
editorial autonomy from the
police, they were clearly not
working together
"look I tail tell you we are not
in bed with the cope." Rina* said
However, Gleason pointed out
the inevitability of media police
cooperation in titantiow such as
these
"There * always some degree
of cooperation." Gleason said
"There * always some degree of
separation This particular
involvement become*, in tny
mind, far too intertwined with
the police operation "
KVAl. did not receive any neg
stive comments about the broad
cast from its audetnce. Miller
said
"This is just one story.” Kies*
said We do mure than too u,. ■
ries every day. We do thousands
of Slones a year And if this does
n't seem like as big a deal to us
as it doe* to vou. then maybe
we d better think a little harder
nest time Hut also you have to
remember the contest of what
we re doing 36$ day* a year This
tv fust mother story
Stress workshop provides tips to recovery
■ WORKSHOP Experts m
how to cope with stress
and recognize symptoms
By Jmw 0. Pope
fmmme* Hnwm
Stress is a dominant pert of
American culture ami the Uvea
of many Americana It is mu
mated that 00 percent of all III*
ne»»e» in the United State* are
at net*-related.
ThU wit the foundation laid
out try psychologist* Mark Evans
and t.inda Sherman in a work
ahop laal Thursday lilted
“Quenching the Fires of Stress
and Burnout," which examined
why atreaa occur*, different
type* of atres*, how stress is pro
moted and ways to cope with
and recover from atreaa
Evans, who works with Sher
man in the University Counsel
ing Center, said the idea for the
workshop cam* attar talking to
many University administrator*,
faculty and students who war*
having problem* with strew.
Shvrnun said the strew cycle
is made up of four part* the
stressor. the perception, the
interpretation and the reaction
Sherman said a stressor ia usual
ly external One kind of strewor
i» the struggle for people to
maintain control in their lives
"We try to control our live*
and fulfill all objectives in our
day and yet there it no time.'*
she said
Sherman said there are two
kind* of strew
"The first is called Type A.”
site said.
Type A is characterized by a
competitive gwt-to-the top per
sonality,
"The other kind of stress is
called Type E." Sherman contin
ued. "This ts characterized by a
be-ali-thing»>to all-people (wr
tonality It if a Su|wmiiMti men
tality "
Sherman saui tom people art)
addicted to tlntti "The/w if a
reward to having sires* bmauw
It'# e outing." the Mtd
Evan* Mid there are way# to
tope with stress Qua way t* tor
people to recognize signals of
#tre** such a* fatigue. ten*icm,
nail-biting, anxiety attack*,
chronic rage and compulsive
behavior such a# drinking,
overeating, shopping and wv
Sherman said making lifestyle
change* will also help people
cope with stress, like change* in
work schedule* and leisure
time, for example
“Other way* to cope with
sire** are setting limit* and pri
oritizing your time." Sherman
said “In other words, choose
your battle* because you can't
fight them all,"
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