By Caleb Hale
The Southern
Sept. 27, 2006
Excerpt:
A shield law protecting journalists
from revealing confidential sources to authorities might not be the
answer the American press is looking for when it comes to revealing
sensitive information to the public, a panel of journalism experts
indicated Tuesday at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Gil Cranberg, former editorial page editor of the Des Moines Register
and professor emeritus at the University of Iowa; Steve Henn, professor
at Northwestern University and reporter for American Public Media;
Jeffrey McCall, journalism professor at DePauw University, and Jon
Sawyer, former St. Louis Post-Dispatch Washington bureau chief and head
of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, joined Paul Simon Public
Policy Institute visiting professor and interim SIUC School of
Journalism Director Bill Freivogel on Tuesday in the Student Center.
