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Monday, October 16, 2006


Journalist walk-throughs questioned
By Becky Orr
Wyoming Tribune-Herald
Published: 10/15/2006

Excerpt:

Newspapers across the country -- including the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle -- are testing security by walking into schools and finding out how long reporters remain inside without being challenged.

Some schools here and elsewhere have made changes after reporters found where security was flawed.

Not everyone supports the walk-throughs.

"It's risky territory to do this kind of reporting," said Bob Steele, senior faculty in ethics at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. ...

... There are ethical and journalistic risks as well as legal questions, he said.
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