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Progress and Challenges in Mississippi
Disgraced medical examiner Steven Hayne's career appears to be over, but the state has much more work to do.
Last week Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed House Bill 1456, which would require anyone conducting autopsies in the state to be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The bill was a response to an effort last year by the state's coroners to incorporate themselves into independent districts for the purpose of circumventing existing state law when it comes to death investigations. Specifically, several coroners and district attorneys wanted to bring back disgraced medical examiner Steven Hayne to begin performing autopsies for them again.
Hayne was effectively fired in 2008. Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson removed Hayne from the list of medical examiners permitted to do autopsies in the state after a series of troubling questions were raised about his work. Two men convicted of murder in part through Hayne's testimony were released after DNA testing in 2008. The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out Hayne's testimony in another murder case because it lacked any scientific merit. Both Reason and the Innocence Project have repeatedly documented Hayne's incredible workload, history of questionable testimony, and dubious reputation among colleagues.
House Bill 1456 was vigorously opposed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who circulated an email to friendly legislators asking them to defeat it. In the message, Hood derisively referred to the legislation as an "Innocence Project bill," and incorrectly claimed it would reopen old cases involving Hayne (it won't—the bill only bars unqualified medical examiners from performing autopsies). Mississippi should review the thousands of cases in which Hayne (and his even more disreputable sidekick, bite mark specialist Michael West) have testified. But that isn't what the bill calls for.
It was also Hood's office that issued a legal opinion last year clearing the coroners to set up their independent, Hayne-enabling districts. The moment Hood's office issued it, Hayne began circulating copies to friendly Mississippi corners, along with the forms needed to create the new districts. The new bill also repeals the old law allowing adjacent counties to form new districts for the purpose of death investigations.
Hood's efforts to resuscitate Hayne's career aren't surprising. The attorney general is a former district attorney who has used Hayne's testimony to obtain convictions throughout his career. Earlier this month, Hood tried to dismiss criticism that Hayne has been a shill for prosecutors. The Sun Herald newspaper paraphrased Hood to say that Hayne "has also worked on the defense side of cases in which [Hood] was involved." In four years of reporting on Hayne and Mississippi's forensics system, I've yet to find a single case in which Hayne has testified for the defense. I contacted seven defense attorneys from around the state for this column and asked if they could remember any such cases, and just one recalled a single case from the early 1990s that did not involve Hood. I also contacted Hood's office to ask for a list of such cases, and his office didn't return my call.
Incredibly, even as the debate over the new certification bill played out over the last few weeks, and even after all that has come out about Hayne over the last two years, Hood's office this past month has been prosecuting yet another case in which Hayne was brought in to overrule the opinions of another medical examiner.
Last week, a Lamar County, Mississippi jury acquitted Jennifer Wardle for the 2002 death of her then-boyfriend, James Neal May. Louisiana-based medical examiner Paul McGarry had ruled May's death a suicide back in 2002. Hood's office intervened, had May's body exhumed, and brought Hayne in to take another look at the single gunshot wound to May's head. Hayne deemed May's death a homicide, Hood's office indicted Wardle for murder, and then tried the case itself, unsuccessfully.
Hood's continuing obstinacy in this mess is particularly damaging given his position as Mississippi's chief law enforcement official. But the attorney general certainly isn't alone. Mississippi has yet to take an honest assessment of just how much harm Hayne, West, and their allies may have done to the state's justice system over the last 20 years. Perhaps that's because just about everyone who might have the power to push for such an investigation has their own complicity in the matter to worry about.
Most of the state's judges are former prosecutors, which means that most used Hayne's testimony to help them win convictions. Between the late 1980s and 2008, Hayne did 80-90 percent of the state's criminal autopsies. The state legislature deserves blame, too. Even though the position is required to be filled by state law, Mississippi hasn't had an official medical examiner since the last one resigned in 1995. Prior crime lab directors have told me there were years when the legislature didn't appropriate any money for the position, much less enough to actually hire a qualified candidate.
But there is some reason for optimism. The new law effectively bars Hayne from conducting any more autopsies, unless he manages to go back and pass his certification exam. That it passed both houses of the legislature so overwhelmingly—by unanimous vote in the State Senate, and by 91-31 in the State House—and was signed by Barbour is encouraging. Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson, the man who fired Hayne, has vocally opposed Hood's efforts to bring the examiner back, and seems determined to ensure that the state's autopsies are being done by reputable doctors in accordance with the standards set forth by groups such as the National Association of Medical Examiners. (Simpson is also rumored to be considering a run for attorney general.)
The Mississippi media seems to be catching on, too. Last week Sid Salter, the op-ed editor of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, wrote a strong column calling for the state to reform its death investigation system and to provide adequate counsel to indigent defendants. I've done a number of radio interviews about my reporting in the state over the last few years, and this most recent episode with Attorney General Hood seems to have nudged many of the state's conservative talk radio hosts toward a more skeptical view on Hayne, Hood, and the coroner system.
Mississippi at least appears to be close to stanching the bleeding. But this wound has been open for 20 years. The next step is going to be much more difficult.
The state first needs to review thousands of cases, criminal and civil, involving Steven Hayne and Michael West. That will be time consuming, expensive, and tedious. But even that won't be the hardest part. If Mississippi officials really want to get to the core of the problem, they'll take an honest look at the widespread and persistent institutional failures that allowed all of this to happen. Courts, DAs, coroners, the legislature, professional organizations, the local media, even the defense bar—just about everyone came up short. A thorough, no-holds-barred assessment will likely expose widespread and longstanding dysfunction in the state's justice system. But that assessment needs to happen. When rot like this festers and spreads for this long, often the only solution is to tear down the entire structure, then build it back up again.
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But there is some reason for optimism.
Take that, Balko. The system
worksdoesn't always fail miserably.
There are no final victories in politics, so any "Mission Accomplished" merely means that's it's time for the next mission to start. But good for you, Radley. Your good work has led to something real.
Great to hear this. After the typical Balko story—cops busted in, kicked granny in the stomach, killed a few dogs, planted evidence, and sent a SWAT team next door just for fun to throw some flash grenades at Hmong immigrants—this is a great upper.
All before lunch.
It's disappointing how often the system doesn't work.
Have there been any updates on the Tennessee medical examiner who was busted for pot while in Mississippi?
I'm wondering the same thing.
Hey Radley, good job.
""Have there been any updates on the Tennessee medical examiner who was busted for pot while in Mississippi?""
I don't know if Radley has been looking under the rugs. That's probably where you'll find it.
The writer of the H&R teaser for Radley's article should look up "refute" (re: "...direct refutation of an effort...").
Big ups, Radley. And if Simpson wins AG, hopefully he'd maintain some integrity.
I am amazed by the lack of harsh criminal penalties for malfeasance by prosecutors and law enforcement. To turn to another subject, but one I think is related, I cannot fathom why the prosecutor in the infamous Duke lacrosse team rape trial was not hammered into oblivion. I am not satisfied with just firing people who knowingly give false testimony or pursue charges they know to be false. If they are willing to destroy the lives of others with falsehoods, then their own lives should be destroyed when they are caught doing it. I would be satisfied with nothing less than decades of incarceration for such persons. They disgust me.
Great article as always.
One quick point though, I notice the law requires licensed proffesionals with a particular certification to perform the autopsies.
Wasn't there a couple of reason articles just recently about how certifications are BAD (not by Radley).
Of course I would agree that having licensed florists probably goes to far.
But I think having licenses for other proffesions particurly things like Law, Medicine, CPA's, construction etc makes sense.
It doesn't guaruntee a particular level of performance, but it helps.
If you could get Mark S.'s suggestions on the books, then certifications wouldn't be an issue.
he attorney general is a former district attorney who has used Hayne's testimony to obtain convictions throughout his career.
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Softball: 'Cats catch a break in rainout
Ohio was trailing Eastern Michigan 5-3 in the top of the sixth inning when the downpour started. When the decision to call the game was made over an hour after the initial delay, the Bobcats were 3-1 winners.
Funny game, softball.
Ohio took a two-run lead in the bottom of the fifth when designated player Lauren Gellerman mashed a ball to the opposite field that nearly cleared the right field wall. Alexis Joseph and Paige Kemezis scored on one of the longest singles this writer has seen all year.
"I told her that second at-bat, 'Work the count, see some pitches. That way you can get your timing back,'" Ohio coach Jodi Hermanek said. "Then, the first pitch she blasted it and I thought, 'OK, or don't. Just stand in there a swing.'
"A good hitter knows when she wants to commit, right?"
But when Ohio pitcher Emily Wethington returned to the circle for the top of the sixth, the rains followed, and so did the long-ball. The Bobcats all-time strikeout leader served up a pair of two-run home runs to Eagles catcher Sarah Gerber and right fielder Allison Scherer while recording just one out before the monsoon conditions and lightning forced umpires to call the game -- in Ohio's favor.
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Hermanek said it was a welcome change to have the weather work to her squad's advantage after the rain cancelled a mid-week doubleheader with Ohio State.
"I told the girls before we started this game that our focus was one through five because who knew what was going to happen to us," Hermanek said. "Everything was about the radar. We got through one through five on the stronger end but obviously the top of the sixth is not something we're going to be proud of.
"Kudos to something helping us out, whether it was the weather or the NCAA rules."
Eastern Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second when left fielder McKenna Ross led-off with a triple to left center field. Wethington struck out the next Eagle batter before surrendering a bloop single to Scherer.
The Bobcats came back to tie the game in the bottom of the third after a slew of miscues from EMU shortstop Stacie Skodinski. Jillian Van Wagnen led-off with an infield single. Then the center fielder swiped second after Skodinski couldn't execute the tag.
After an Alexis Joseph pop-up, Kemezis lined a screamer right at the shortstop but she was only able to get a piece of the ball with her glove and Van Wagnen was able to score from second to knot the game at one apiece.
The win brought Ohio's record to 6-6 in the MAC -- good for the 8th and final spot if the conference tournament were to start today -- and gave Wethington her 14th win on the year.
"In this conference, everything is meaningful, whether you lose a game to weather or win straight up. We just want to get on the field and compete," Hermanek said. "The competitor in you says, 'Dang-it I wish I had that last inning-and-a-half to finish it,' but right now it is what it is and we'll take it."
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-- Bobcats catcher Jordan Paden did not play on Saturday. The senior left in the second game of Ohio's Friday doubleheader with Central Michigan after being hit in the hand by a pitch. Freshman Alexandria Basquez, a third baseman by trade, filled in on Friday and Saturday for the senior.
In the top of the fifth, she threw out EMU leadoff hitter Jessica Richards as she attempted to steal second. It was the first time Richards, who leads the Eagles with 15 swipes, has been caught stealing all season.
-- Hermanek had no time table for Paden's return. Gellerman also has experience behind the plate but is still recovering from a lower body injury and likely wouldn't be ready to step-in behind the plate.
-- Hermanek wouldn't tip her hat as to her Sunday starter, but the guess here is Wethington. Lefty Melissa Bonner went six scoreless innings on Friday before surrendering a three-run lead in the top of the seventh in an eventual 4-3 loss. But, Wethington did struggle mightily in the washed-out sixth inning and the coach said she was prepared to bring in Bonner if play had not been stopped.
-- Sunday is Senior Day at the Ohio Softball Field. The squads five seniors -- Bonner, third baseman Sara Clark, Kemezis, Paden and Wethington -- will be honored. The start has been pushed back to 1:30 p.m.
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Someday, we'll look back on 2004, 2005, and 2006 as the time when progressives built the infrastructure - both online and off - to take back America.
From ActBlue, to Gatheroo, to the Progressive Legislative Action Network, to the BlogAds Advertising Liberally network, to the New Politics Institute, to great national blogs like MyDD, Kos, Swing State, and countless others, we're all putting together the building blocks of the next great progressive movement.
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Blue Raiders down Austin Peay, 6-1
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Flavia Nagayama and the Blue Raiders collected a 7-0 shutout of Austin Peay on Friday. (MT Athletic Communications)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee women's tennis collected its second consecutive victory with a dominant 6-1 victory over Austin Peay on Friday inside Nashboro Village.
The Blue Raiders (3-1) easily claimed all three doubles points, while winning five of possible six singles matches. Friday's win gave MT a 2-0 mark at home. Austin Peay falls to 0-3 for the year.
In singles action, the No. 1 tandem of Tiffany William and Jesse Grace completed a 6-0 shutout over the Lady Govs' Andra Cornea and Ornella Di Salvo. MT quickly claimed the doubles point when the No. 2 duo of Irina Constantinide and Nayara Moraes defeated APSU's Vanessea Tavares and Isabela Jovanovic, 6-2. In the third doubles match, MT's Sarah Sediri/Flavia Nagayama claimed a 6-2 victory over the Govs' Jovana Karac/Hannah Tatlock.
In singles action, Nagayama claimed a 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Karac at the No. 4 spot to put the Blue Raiders up by two. The junior William improved her singles record to 4-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 straight-set win over Austin Peay's Cornea.
Middle Tennessee clinched the match when the junior Moraes won 6-4, 6-2 over Tavares at the third court. Tennessee transfer Grace, who played No. 2 singles, won 6-2, 6-4 over Di Salvo. Meanwhile at the fifth court, Constantinide grabbed her second victory this season when she handily defeated Jovanovic, 6-0, 6-0.
The Lady Govs claimed their lone point at the No. 6 position when Hannah Tatlock defeated Sarah Sediri, 3-6, 6-3, 10-2.
"I thought we did a nice job today of focusing in mentally to take care of every court," said head coach Shelley Godwin. "We need to use the momentum gained from today's match on Sunday against Lipscomb."
The Blue Raiders look to extend their win streak to three matches when the Lipscomb Bison visit Nashboro Village on Sunday, Feb. 9. First serve is set for 11 a.m. Live results and updates will be available at GoBlueRaiders.com and on Twitter by following @MT_WomensTennis.
Middle Tennessee 6, Austin Peay 1
Singles competition
1. Tiffany William (MT) def. CORNEA, Andra (APSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Jesse Grace (MT) def. DI SALVO, Ornella (APSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Nayara Moraes (MT) def. TAVARES, Vanessa (APSU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Flavia Nagayama (MT) def. KARAC, Jovana (APSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Irina Constantinide (MT) def. JOVANOVIC, Isabela (APSU) 6-0, 6-0
6. TATLOCK, Hannah (APSU) def. Sarah Sediri (MT) 3-6, 6-3, 10-2
Doubles competition
1. Tiffany William/Jesse Grace (MT) def. CORNEA, Andra/DI SALVO, Ornella (APSU) 6-0
2. Irina Constantinide/Nayara Moraes (MT) def. TAVARES, Vanessa/JOVANOVIC, Isabela (APSU) 6-2
3. Sarah Sediri/Flavia Nagayama (MT) def. KARAC, Jovana/TATLOCK, Hannah (APSU) 6-2
Match Notes:
Austin Peay 0-3
Middle Tennessee 3-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,1,3,2,5,6)
Official: Ted Mason, Tom Lowry
Follow the Blue Raiders on Twitter @MTAthletics for continued updates.
More Women's Tennis NewsJul 17, 2014: Women's Tennis recognized for academic achievement
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Apr 18, 2014: MT falls short in upset bid of No. 19 Tulsa
Apr 17, 2014: MT advances to C-USA Quarterfinals with win over UTSA
Apr 16, 2014: Raiders knock off FAU to advance in C-USA Championship
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VIIDEO: POTUS Sworn in for a Second Term
VIDEO: FLOTUS & POTUS @ National Day of Service 2013
VIDEO: First Family Lights National Christmas Tree
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Here's today's convention lineup - all times are ET...
Call to Order
The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Member of the US House of Representatives, Florida
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas
Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Detroit
Presentation of Colors
Disabled American Veterans, The Stanly County Chapter 12 Honor Guard
Pledge of Allegiance
3rd Grade Class, W.R. O'Dell Elementary School
Concord, North Carolina
National Anthem
Amber Riley
Singer/songwriter and 'Glee' actress
Stephen J. Kerrigan
Chief Executive Officer of the Democratic National Convention Committee
Welcome Video
Presentation of Credentials Committee Report from Co-Chairs
Bishop Vashti McKenzie
First woman elected as bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Honorable Julián Castro
Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
Presentation of Rules Committee Report from Co-Chairs
The Honorable Kamala D. Harris
State Attorney General of California
The Honorable Martin O'Malley
Governor of Maryland
Appointment of Convention Officers
Gaveling-in of Permanent Chair
The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee
Mayor of Los Angeles, California
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Parliamentarian of the 2012 Democratic National Committee Convention
Democratic Whip and Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland
Andrew Tobias
Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
Alice Germond
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The Honorable Barbara Lee
Member of the US House of Representatives, California
Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy (Retired)
First woman to reach rank of three-star general in the US Army
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The Honorable Cory A. Booker
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
The Honorable Bev Perdue
Governor of North Carolina
American Hero Video: Education
American Voices Remarks
Ryan Case
Mary Kay Henry
International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Remarks from Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Charles Gonzalez
Member of the US House of Representatives, Texas
Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Nydia M. Velázquez
Member of the US House of Representatives, New York
The Honorable Pat Quinn
Governor of Illinois
Doug Stern
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The Honorable Tim Kaine
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Former Governor of Virginia
Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx
Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
The Honorable Harry Reid
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Women of the US House of Representatives
Jimmy Carter Video
The Honorable Ken Salazar
Kennedy Family Tribute Video
Joe Kennedy III
Candidate for the US House of Representatives, Massachusetts
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The Honorable Robert Wexler
President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace
Former Member of the US House of Representatives, Florida
The Honorable R.T. Rybak
Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Honorable Jared Polis
Member of the US House of Representatives, Colorado
Stronger Together Video: Reproductive Choice
American Voices Remarks
Maria Ciano
Nancy Keenan
President of the National Abortion Rights Action League – Pro-Choice America (NARAL)
Progress for People Video: American Veterans
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Nate Davis
The Honorable Tammy Duckworth
Candidate for the US House of Representatives, Illinois
Former Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs
The Honorable Lincoln Chafee
Governor of Rhode Island
The Honorable James E. Clyburn
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Progress for People Video: Health Care
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Stacey Lihn
The Honorable Xavier Becerra
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The Honorable Ted Strickland
Former Governor of Ohio
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
Former White House Chief of Staff
Kal Penn
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Craig Robinson and Maya Soetoro-ng
Brother of Mrs. Obama and Sister of President Obama
Stronger Together Video: Equal Pay
Lilly Ledbetter
Women's equality leader and namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
The Honorable Deval Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts
The Honorable Martin O'Malley
Governor of Maryland
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Julián Castro
Joaquin Castro
Brother of Mayor Julián Castro
Candidate for the US House of Representatives, Texas
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The Honorable Julián Castro
Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
Michelle Obama Video and Remarks
Elaine Brye
Michelle Obama
First Lady of the United States
Jena Lee Nardella
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First Couple's First Kiss Plaque
The Dorchester Commons Shopping Center, in the Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park, has a new 3,000 pound granite plaque that commemorates where First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama had their first kiss back in 1989. I'm sure we all know the story by now. After taking Mrs Obama out on their first date to see the movie "Do The Right Thing", the President then took her to Baskin-Robbins and it's there where they shared their first kiss.
Inscribed on the plaque is a President Obama quote from a 2007 O Magazine interview:
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That Baskin-Robbins has since been turned into a Subway. However, there is a new Baskin-Robbins a few doors down.
While some may feel the plaque is over the top, some residents in the Chicago neighborhood think it's cute and that it may even bring more tourism to the area. How do I know? I am one of those residents. While I am not a fan of large crowds of tourists that block sidewalks, make already limited parking impossible and can often be downright annoying (if you live in a major city and have to deal with suburban weekend day trippers, you know exactly what I'm talking about.) I am a fan and proud of Chicago's Presidential Heritage.
As someone who takes out of town guests for a spin by President Ronald Reagan's childhood home, also in Hyde Park, I enjoy letting my visitors know that my neighborhood is and was home to two Presidents – despite their political ideologies.
I'm also psyched about the possibility of the Obama Presidential Library in my neighborhood. While we may not have an Air Force One in our library, "The Beast" will be nice, but what the hell we'll take an Air Force One too.
Happy Holidays!!!
Updated on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 08:21PM by Aminah Hanan
Michelle Obama Watch would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday. May the spirit of this season be in our hearts and minds throughout the New Year. See you in 2012. It's going to be a great year!!!
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama offer a special holiday tribute to the men and women who wear our country's uniform and the families who support them.
First Couple on 20/20
Hat The Obama Diary and Jack & Jill Politics.


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Not reporting campus rapes
A bill before the TN General Assembly would drop a requirement that law enforcement be notified of sexual assaults.
Needless to say, that has SayUncle and Blake Wylie wondering why.
And here's a story on it.
Excerpt: "Some victims' rights advocates say the change will encourage more women to come forward by removing the intimidating influence of the criminal justice system and instead requiring campus officials to tell victims about nearby rape crisis centers."
UPDATE: "Bill proposes additional hurdles for crime victims."
And another story here.
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- PDNPulse talks with the Wall Street Journal photo department and examines how the newspaper's attitude toward visual journalism has changed under Murdoch. PDN reports: "The good news for photography is that our editor, Robert Thomson, is a very visual person," says Jack Van Antwerp, the paper's photography director. And while you're at it, check out the Wall Street Journal's 2009 Year in Photos, which includes many friends.
Interview with W. Eugene Smith Grant winner Lu GuangNov 16, 2009 by M. Scott Brauer 1 Comment »
Lu Guang won this year's W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography with his work documenting pollution in China. The pictures are astounding. In an interview with China's NetEase, Lu Guang discusses how he funded the project, how he found out about the subjects he photographed, and how he has built a network of people all over the country who keep him up to date with pollution in their areas. Thankfully, China Hush has a translation of the interview.
False photos as a Statement about PhotojournalismJun 26, 2009 by Matt Lutton 1 Comment »
John Vink over on this post on Lightstalkers brought up a very interesting case: two students, Guillaume Chauvin (23) and Rémi Hubert (22), upon winning a Paris Match photojournalism prize, announce that they have faked the pictures in their entry as an exercise and indictment of photojournalism. Here are the original images from Paris Match, from a story about "homeless students", and this is (through rough google translation) the article from Liberation describing what happened.
They revealed the deception during the award ceremony, reading a text in which they describe their "artistic" action as an "attempt to challenge" the "workings of a media discourse that has the ingredients for convenience and voyeurism in the representation of distress." "It was said that it would be a good opportunity to reveal the mechanisms of some news does not check his sources and information and relies on sensationalism," says Rémi Hubert.
What do you think? A valid (respectable? responsible?) form of criticism?
As for me: I think that this is a very provocative (and perhaps intelligent) approach to breaching this important subject, but I need to know more about their motivations… as I'm not convinced this is ultimately a responsible approach. I don't think (or, I don't want to think) that journalism is doing such wholesale falsification of stories, as these two students have done, and thus their actions go far beyond the more subtle point they're trying to make. Bob Black has the first nice response on that lightstalkers thread; I think I am agreeing with him.
Also, I want to ask the students, what would you have done had you not won this award and gotten that stage to make your written statement? What would the message have been then?
Be sure too to read some of the comments left on the Liberation article for a taste of how the French public is reacting to this revelation and statement. Some are very interesting.
(Last, sorry for the crude translations, I hope they are reasonably accurate as I had to revise some of the grammar for it to make any sense. If you'd like to contribute a non-google translation I would be happy to amend ours)
Brian Ulrich can't believe he's alive…Apr 20, 2009 by M. Scott Brauer 2 Comments »
Brian Ulrich can't believe he's alive because he's just been named a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. Other photographers awarded the fellowship this year, most previously unknown to me: Thomas Joshua Cooper (examples), Osamu James Nakagawa, Suzanne Opton (you may have seen her Soldier Billboard Project), Anna Shteynshleyger, Cheryle St. Onge, and Byron Glen Wolfe (
can't find anything online for Wolfe… update: link found thanks to Tom in the comments).
Brian Ulrich has long been a favorite of mine. His work documenting retail stores, thrift stores, and store backrooms, explains the current American economy (starting about when George W. Bush told the American public that the most patriotic thing they could do after Sept. 11 was to go shopping) better than any photojournalism I've seen. Ulrich's recent essay on closed stores in the suburbs for Time left me a little wanting (except for a picture or two), but the rest of his work is top notch, for sure.
First Book Prize: Jennette WilliamsApr 13, 2009 by Matt Lutton No Comments »
I have no idea if this is old news or not, as I just stumbled upon it yesterday: The latest winner of the First Book Prize, awarded by Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies and The Honickman Foundation, is Jennette Williams for her project on Women Bathing.
Williams was selected by Mary Ellen Mark for the biannual prize, and now will have a book published of her work. The last winner was Danny Wilcox Frazier with his terrific project documenting rural Iowa published as Driftless: Photographs from Iowa. He was selected by Robert Frank, you can see some pictures here.
Great work from both, this is a great award and I'm happy to see it out there. Next entry is in 2010 so start planning now
Quick DeadlinesMar 29, 2009 by Matt Lutton 2 Comments »
I know plenty of people are following our dvafoto Deadline Calendar, which you can always find on the right-hand column on our site. I just wanted to send out a reminder that a number of popular grants and contests are coming due, because they definitely caught me off guard.
First, the ever-popular Emerging Photographer Grant for 2009 sponsored by David Alan Harvey through his online Burn Magazine along with Magnum. This is due Wednesday, April 1 via online submission with Photoshelter.
Also two big European awards from manufacturers are due now: the Linhof Young Photographer Award has a postmark date of Tuesday March 31 and the Hasselblad Masters Awards (with a handy 'up and coming' category) has an online submission due Wednesday April 1. All of these have free entry.
Lastly Hey Hot Shot's next entry period is due May 1st, online submission for $60.
So finish your edits. There are more prizes down the line, be sure to keep your eyes on the calendar which we'll update when we can with the prizes and grants that we're interested in. Feel free to email us suggestions for things we're missing and we'll work on sharing them too.
UPDATE: Since posting this earlier I've found a few more things that are happening this week: Px3: Prix de la Photographie Paris has apparently extended their deadline until Tuesday March 31, with student and pro categories. Also you can submit for exhibitions at two major photojournalism festivals: Visa Pour L'Image is due Friday April 3 and The Noorderlicht International Photofestival has submissions due Saturday April 4. Good luck!
What Ails UsMar 28, 2009 by Matt Lutton 5 Comments »
Let's have a look at an interesting monologue, in the form of a letter to a friend of his, from the always engaging Asim Rafiqui on his wonderful young blog The Spinning Head about What Ails Photojournalism.
Photos are not journalism. Journalism is an endeavor with a commitment to communal and social responsibility. It is a public service with the objective of keeping check on abuses of power, the rights of the individual, the protection of the well fare of the community, the exposure of the illegal, the tracking down of the downright unjust. I said this before in a lightstalker post, journalism will rely on amateurs the day it itself become amateurish. It is not multimedia that will save journalism or photojournalism, but a commitment to quality and a commitment back to the public service. We are far from this realization.
There is a lot in here, and while he admits that it "was written in a single breath and hence carries within it errors of insight and judgment" I definitely agree that it "remains interesting enough". He calls to task the whole culture and 'machine' of publishing and photojournalism. "There is another underlying reason why photojournalism is dying, and that we are still not prepared to confront. The reason is that most photographers and photojournalists are purveyors of cliches and repetitive, predictable stories."; he calls for innovation in both our stories and our way of storytelling. Culture all around us is moving forward and evolving through new media and at new speed. What has been good (W Eugene Smith-type) remains so, but it is not enough … innovation must take place, the same in any field.
Not to quote too much (just go read the whole thing, it is worth your time and I'd love to hear the different reactions it is sure to bring up in our diverse readership), but this seems to me to hit directly on the point. As a photographer banging his head against walls trying to get stories produced I've gotten to the point where I really am taking into consideration what kind of story each publication would want to see by looking at what they've done before and exporting it. In some sense I'm honestly trying to find the cliche that will mesh with an editor's preconceived notions of what is happening here, just to sell a picture. Its not what I want or why I became a photographer, but somehow it is becoming ingrained as 'how its done':
We have lost our love of the story. We are no longer telling interesting stories. In fact it could be argued that photojournalism today is basically middle class voyuerism. It carries with it the stifling and infantile morality of a middle brow suburban family and attempts to deliver 'shock' stories to titilate them into watching. Or it just reduces to historical and charter-tour cliches stories that could be rich, complex and eye-opening.
Just look at National Geographic – if its Iran, its Persipolis. if its Bolivia, its the Antiplano. if its Pakistan, its the Taliban. Tiresome, boring, repetitive, predictable, uncreative, uninteresting stories about some of the most interesting and evolving countries in the world! Even the formulas and mechanics of photojournalism are boring and predictable. This magazine refuses to go and explore places in new ways, to produce angles that are creative and interesting, and that challenge our thinking and ideas about a place. Is Persipolis really all that one has to stay about Iran today? This incredibly complex and incredibly interesting country is left silenced! (sic)
As someone who just recently moved to Belgrade in part to put a lot of my time and focus on the Balkans it kills be to be told again and again, by editors and photographers alike, that this "story is over", that I missed my chance to photograph here now that the wars are over. Are you kidding me? There is so much happening here, worthwhile stories around almost every single corner that I'm convinced would be engaging and interesting for audiences if there were presented to them. But I'm told that people aren't interested, that they've moved on. Or is that the editor's inference? I honestly think that if you make an interesting story with interesting photographs, the readers and viewers will come. The disconnect is that access to viewers, and while plenty of us are trying to publish our work ourselves (see below) there is a realistic gap in time and technology to gaining a critical mass of viewers. It will take time, yes, but we're not being helped very much. I think Rafiqui would agree that our community itself is stifling these possible stories, forcing us to look for the exotic or sensational (or worse, "newsworthy"), in other words, the cliche. Yes there is news, and sensational exotic moments and places in our world. But that is so very far removed from most anyone's daily life and I really don't think our interest is limited to this. A 'day in the life', no, but a creative look at something we've never seen before is worth much more of our time, and I think our audience would agree with their own attention span, than another look at something we've seen time and again. I'd ask what came first, the audience for celebrity-based, false-exotic 'journalism' or the publications that provided it? I think there must be some element of the top-down here, something must have started with the publications and their editorial decisions.
Not all of Rafiqui's arguments are new, but I give him credit for putting this all together into an essay and not being afraid to really call out the mainstream institutions (publishers, festivals, editors and photographers) for their assumed wisdom and conservatism toward moving beyond antiquated traditions and conventions of storytelling and of what is an 'acceptable' story in the first place (see Part II/III especially). They and our peers don't understand what is happening (not that I, Scott or Asim necessarily do either, as Rafiqui rightly admits at the end of his piece: no one knows the future. But I think we can agree with some thought that there are wrong paths and bad ideas to be following right now). Conventional wisdom and the most popular outlets and photographers are doing us wrong; that is the problem. It is up to individuals and small teams to push new models forward, and we're all on our own for now.
And people are doing it. I'll start from this old post of mine titled Doing It Yourself where I look at Alec Soth's observation about Magnum needing to become its own producer to survive. A precursor to this discussion and Rafiqui's piece I think. Along these lines look at the Luceo Images crew who are pulling things in tight and developing their own systems for distribution, promotion and funding. Of course Magnum Photos is actually the best example in my mind of attacking these issues head-on with their growing social networking (Facebook, Twitter, blogging) and the development of their Educational arm alongside their existing Cultural wing to expand their brand and marketing opportunities with partnerships with media-related companies like HP, Photoshelter and Blurb to create a series of Grants (Burn) and Awards (Expression Award) for photographers outside of Magnum while retaining some funding for parallel opportunities with their own photographers. Old school business tactics I'm sure (I'd have to ask my brother the business major…) but innovative all the same in this market.
Good pictures are not enough. We all need to be smarter and more creative in how we do stories. From the very idea to the approach to funding, distributing and publishing the pictures. If we want to keep doing work that matters to us we are being forced to find a way around the current logjam. Left out on our own (M Scott and I are perfect living examples of this) we must adapt and survive somehow. There aren't many scraps to be had from the MSM at the moment so we look elsewhere. Where to is the question, and I think Rafiqui's astute pressure for elevated and evolved stories and storytelling is part of the answer.
And so he ends with a positive look at the coming opportunities, which is somewhat similar to Vincent LaForet's much ballyhooed essay on Sportsshooter titled The Cloud is Falling (which I think Rafiqui calls out earlier in his piece). This is not a contradiction though: we agree that in this time of shrinking budgets we must see that there are other markets and outlets beyond the 'old guard' of magazines that will have potential for growth, profit and excellent work that are just now developing or are yet to. We're thinking too narrowly. A lot of people are talking about this point right now (and Colberg follows up with another interesting post citing examples), and no one either knows or is willing to share exactly how to exploit it (with the exception of LaForet who is essentially flaunting his recent successes on his blog, especially around the ridiculously fawned over film "Reverie" that debuted last year as an example of the 'next big thing'.. DLSRs with HD Video capability. Personally, this falls right into the sights of Rafiqui's quote about multimedia). Scott is quite correct in pointing out that LaForet's latest successes are not in photojournalism. There's nothing wrong with this work, but there's little use advocating it as a savior model for real photography. $10,000 budgets for a 5 minute video don't come from nowhere, no matter what ridiculous music you put in it. They're based on advertising calculations and in LaForet's case they're directed toward photographers themselves (is that sustainable?). These budgets don't, and probably won't, materialize for the stories we need to see; It is great for LaForet to be able to pursue his interests with these sponsored videos but I dare say they're not "a public service" nor apropos to our society's needs of finding a sustainable source of photojournalism in the future. We need to produce work that engages on its own merit.
And on multimedia not being a savior (a cry both M. Scott and I have been shouting for ages): "multimedia is merely a mechanism that can never hide the banality or predictability of a subject. It is a means to an end, but if the end if poor, no amount of flash and dash will save anything." Scott has always said something to the effect of, 'unless a multimedia piece has a perfect photo story coupled with perfect audio (think This American Life) the sum will be less than its parts' and thus the multimedia would be less important, useful and worthwhile than doing just pictures or just audio.
I say this as I sit here and stare into the void – confident that I have strong new ideas, scared that no one will value them, determined that i have no choice but to step into the void itself. Your second reference about 'tenacity' was right on the mark. Like any field where you pursue a passion a love and a need to be free of the machinery of the capitalist, you must be prepared to pay a heavy price. Our societies do not value those who do not serve the interests of others, but merely their own whims, curiousities, loves and fears.
Amen. And good luck to us all. I know we will succeed but it will be a rough road. I am scared too that no one will value the pictures, ideas and vision I have and that I know seriously talented friends and colleagues, all of us underemployed and struggling, possess. Rough going now and for some future, but the good ideas and great stories and images will rise. I hope this is just the start of a dialogue, I know my thoughts are not fully reasoned out, and that we need to keep thinking and talking about this. Let it rip in the comments please!
Be sure to follow up with some of Asim Rafiqui's own work. He is the 2009 winner of the Aftermath Project grant for his innovative project The Idea of India that I think is a great example of this new storytelling and distribution that he is preaching in this essay. Have a look, tell us what you think.
(And lastly, sorry if there was any funny business with double-postings or with the RSS as this went up, I was having some backside publishing problems)
Latest Getty Grants AnnouncedMar 25, 2009 by Matt Lutton 1 Comment »
Getty Images has (finally) announced the winners of the February 2009 prizes. The two big winners of the $20,000 professional grants are dvafoto favorites Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin, both Italian photographers from Magnum. They are continuing large projects of theirs that we have seen previously: Majoli produced a terrific 'Magnum in Motion' piece of his project Requiem in Samba a year or two ago and Pellegrin's project "Iraqi Refugees" was shown in an exhibition at Visa Pour l'Image this past year as 'The Iraqi Diaspora' to rave reviews. Deep congratulations to both for extremely worthy projects (be sure to read their proposals on the Getty site), I cannot wait to see more work from both.
Also announced were the first in a series of Student Grants of $5,000, to Bolivian photographer (by way of the US) Maximiliano Braun for his project "Stay With Me". He writes, "The Getty Images grant will allow me to continue a project I began in South Africa, looking into the lives of families caring for a relative living in a vegetative state due to brain damage." The other winner is German photographer Andy Spyra for his ongoing work in Kashmir documenting the results of the long-simmering war there. Terrific pictures.
On a side note, I'm so excited to see that Alex Majoli is shooting more editorial work again. (And that picture I posted above has long been a favorite of mine). For example, see his coverage of Pakistan, to the Russo-Georgian Conflict and most recently the latest Israel-Gaza Conflict on the Magnum site.
Update and UpcomingJan 8, 2009 by Matt Lutton 2 Comments »
Sorry about the distinct slacking of posting here on Dva in the last week or two by both M. Scott and myself. He is on the road in China without easy access to the internet (not to mention he is better out shooting rather than blogging anyways) and I am in full-on crisis mode getting ready for a major change in my life. On January 16 I am leaving Seattle for New York and DC, to cover the inauguration and field meetings with all of the fine editors in the City, before heading to my new home of Belgrade in the first week of February. I have much more to share about this trip and this relocation, and I'll be sure to write more here in the coming weeks, but first I must take care of all the massive to-do lists I have lying around… I'm sure you can understand.
Also stressful: Why is January 15th the deadline for all of the photo contests, grant and proposals I have on my calendar? As you can see on our Dvafoto Deadline Calendar (helpfully listed on the bottom-right corner of the site and available as a feed to go straight in to your calendar software) there is a lot coming due including POYi, World Press Photo, Days Japan and Px3 Paris. Get on your contest horse everyone and good luck! We'll chat soon again.
(Oh, and if you are in New York or DC, or Belgrade/Prishtina, and want to meet up when I swing through I'd love to meet some of our readers. Especially if you're an editor! Get in touch via email or the comments.)


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CORBIN — Over 500 lose electricity in Knox
More than 500 residents in Knox County were without power, phone and cable Wednesday afternoon after a logging truck pulled down a utility pole and several power lines, according to Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Fore.
BRMC to change name
Naptist Healthcare System Inc. announced Wednesday it has changed its name to Baptist Health to reflect the scope of services it offers at facilities throughout the state.
Corbin sued by SMG over Arena management
The City of Corbin is being sued in federal court by the company who originally managed The Arena.
LRC to review legal fees for re-districting
Attorneys for lawmakers who successfully sued to have a legislative re-districting plan ruled unconstitutional have negotiated an amount for their legal fees which a Franklin Circuit Judge ordered the legislature to pay.
Police say burglar fled in a cab
Law enforcement authorities arrested 28-year-old Bradley Hill of Knox County on Wednesday afternoon, about 20 minutes after a burglary in progress was reported at the home west of London.
*For more on these stories, read Thursday's edition of the Times-Tribune.


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The Lehigh Valley Tea Party will host a "Meet and Greet" for all Primary election candidates from all political parties running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in House Districts covering Lehigh Valley communities.
The Meet and Greet will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 13, 2012, at the in Palmer Township.
Candidates from the 131st through 139th, the 183rd and 187th PA House Districts have been invited to participate. Tables will be set up around the perimeter of the room where candidates can assemble. Tent cards will identify each house district.
The Meet and Greet will be part of the regular monthly Lehigh Valley Tea Party meeting which begins at 7 p.m.
All in attendance can visit with and question candidates of their choice until 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.


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For Christ's sake! If this movie sends a single shockwave through true believers then one can only assume that their faith rests on pathetically frail foundations. Choosing to picket cinemas that screen The Da Vinci Code makes about as much sense as picketing a Monopoly board for a perceived unfairness over property rents.
The Da Vinci Code is nothing more than an elaborate treasure hunt pasted with lashings of Catholic doctrine, ritual and iconography. It sets itself a spurious "puzzle" and proceeds to solve it, slowly, doggedly, like someone who's forgotten the combination on their bicycle lock and tries one sequence of numbers after another.
The DaVinci Code is an attack on Christ. Of that much, nothing more can be said.
It's a movie. It's entertainment. It isn't to be taken seriously (anymore than "Platoon" or "Apoclypse Now" are considered to be accurate or serious portrayals of Vietnam by anyone who ever served there). It isn't a documentary, after all.
Seriously, what's wrong with the Catholic Church calling for a boycott if elements of the movie are offensive to devout Catholics? It's not like they're shooting people who go to see the movie. Or firebombing the studios. It's simple economic pressure, in the fine libertarian tradition.
And don't tell me movies don't affect people. Case in point are the various conspiracy theory shorts about a missle hitting the pentagon among others. Those movies have the 'look' of a high production value documentary. That gives them authority in many people minds, consciously or subconsciously.
It's a movie. It's entertainment. It isn't to be taken seriously…
You have many, many uneducated people in the world. You have an undertone of anti-Catholic sentiment among the same. You now present a book that claims Christianity is a fraud, based on a novel that seeks to portray that fraud in terms of "historical fiction".
And the point of the post, Shaun, was to say those who are true believers know that.
Absolutely. I just think its an over reaction and it will probably cause more people to go see the film.
It's an overreaction to say, "We don't think Catholics should see this film?" It's a pretty mild reaction as reactions go.
Chill McQ and let us Catholics/Christians get darned grumpy, and cut out the "Get a grip" stuff! Because the film touches, deeply held core beliefs!
Hey, get as grumpy as you wish. Just be prepared to see precisely the opposite of the desired outcome happen because of your grumpiness.
The best cure for bad free speech is good free speech.
(4) The best cure for bad free speech is good free speech. The Catholics should take this as an opportunity to inform people.
Hold it, isn't that just giving the DVC more publicity?!?! Or laternatively, ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW?
"Humorless, pendantic simpletons" referred to their protestations of the movies. There's no reason to believe that the distribution of intelligence is any different among Catholics than among most any other group. This is the kind of overreaction about which I wrote.
It is no more accurate than most war movies. It's "Indiana Jones and the Book of Codes". It's entertainment. It is not a threat to mother church and said church should quit acting like it is ... unless it wants to boost the movie's take
That's one of ur differences, I guess. I don't see it as humnourless or pedantic or proof of them being simpletons.
Got Pepto, McQ?Prepare to be nauseous. It's a movie. It's entertainment. It isn't to be taken seriously…I couldn't agree more. (ooh, that hurts.) ;)
It's a movie. It's entertainment. It isn't to be taken seriously…
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Costs and Expenses
The Knox College Program in Argentina
Though modest increases may occur, the Program Fees are:
One Term
Tuition: $13,984
Fees: $2,762
Upon acceptance into the program, you will receive an exact schedule of fees and refunds. Financial aid is available.
The program tuition and fees cover:
Room and board
One transcript sent to the home institution
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$350 for travel in Argentina
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Passport and travel documents
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Students will encounter personal expenses for books, entertainment, laundry, transportation, and travel.
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All participants are eligible to apply for financial aid, which will be granted on the basis of need and to the extent of funds available. The amount of financial aid (which may include grant and/or loans) will be determined after the student completes an official application for financial aid. (Knox College students do not need to fill out this form.)


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This class is part of Los Gatos Cummunity Education and Recreation program. Classes are held every Tues 7-8:30 pm in Los Gatos HighSchool starting on Sept 18 thru Nov 13. Fee is $121 for 9 sessions.
Learn how to speak and understand farsi in a fun and friendly environment without having to learn the alphabets or details of grammar. Subjects covered include everyday conversational phrases, verb conjugation, food, shopping weather... To register: www.lgsrecreation.org or call LGS Recreation at: 408-354-8700