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RE: Questions
She asked a simple question. Thanks to Dr. Cohen and others for providing a
straight answer. I think some on this list respond to the word "journalism"
as radically as the anti crowd responds to the words "nuclear" or
"radiation". Why not just answer an honest question with an honest answer
and not jump to conclusions. She is a student and students are in the
process of learning.
Harry Reynolds
303-966-2708
DP 303-212-5376
Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Cohen [SMTP:jjcohen@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:41 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Questions
>
> Dear Amanda,
> If your research on possible links between nuclear facilities and
> cancer
> is part of an assignment in one of your journalism classes, and you want
> to
> get a good mark for this assignment, than you are going about it all
> wrong!
> To prepare a news article on the subject that conforms to the apparent
> standards of contemporary journalism, you must first determine the
> conclusion of the article, which, in this case, is that nuclear
> facilities
> cause cancer.
> Everybody knows that any exposure to deadly radiation causes cancer. If
> this
> were not the case, why would the government have spent billions of dollars
> studying the problem?
> To support your conclusion, you should absolutely avoid any
> exploration
> of irrelevant factors such as cancer incidence rates of populations in the
> vicinity of nuclear facilities. This will only get you a lot of
> inconclusive scientific and statistical mumbo-jumbo that would only
> confuse
> a largely innumerate public and result in an article that would almost
> certainly be rejected by any editor.
> The proper approach to your research should be to go to the
> neighborhood
> of your nearest nuclear facility and find someone who has cancer (This
> should not be difficult since there are many cancer cases in all
> communities). In case the victim is not already aware of it, inform them
> that radiation exposure from the nuclear facility could have caused their
> disease. Next, interview the "victim" to learn all the details of their
> tragedy, and what a terrible disruption it has had upon their life. Your
> article should describe this tragedy in detail to get sympathy for the
> victim and show the callous indifference of the facility operator. If you
> do
> what I suggest, I believe you will produce a sure-fire winner.
> jjcohen@prodigy.net
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amanda Graham <amanda.graham@sympatico.ca>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:04 PM
> Subject: Questions
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> >My name in Amanda Graham and I am a Journalism student researching
> >environmental links to breast cancer. I was wondering if anyone could
> >help me find information on cancer rates in North America in locations
> >around nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites. Any information
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> >
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> >Amanda
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> >Hello,
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> >My name in Amanda Graham and I am a Journalism student researching
> >environmental links to breast cancer. I was wondering if anyone could
> >help me find information on cancer rates in North America in locations
> >around nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites. Any information
> >would be very helpful.
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> >Thank you,
> >Amanda
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> >amanda.graham@sympatico.ca
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