Electronic questionnaire for the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards

Please answer the following questions, using the numbering of each question on the form. You must include one electronic copy of your answers on a CD.

This MUST be submitted with an entry form (http://www.ire.org/meyeraward/PMJAEntryForm.pdf).

1. Title of story, collection of stories, or series and names of the people who worked on the story.

2. Date(s) published or aired.

3. Topic and synopsis of story or series, including major findings.

4. How the story got started (tip, assignment, etc.)

5. Major types of documents used and if FOI requests were needed. Did you have difficulties obtaining any electronic information you used? How did you resolve this? Did you use FOIA for data under state or federal law?

6. Major types of human sources used.

7. Result (if any).

8. Follow up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification of the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.

9. Advice to other journalists planning similar projects.

10. Difficulty, uniqueness of effort, or other special circumstance related to this subject.

11. Length of time taken to report, write and edit the story.

12.
a.) Describe in detail the social science research method(s) used.

b.) How did you verify the results of the method(s) you used?

c.) How did the results of those methods inform your reporting and writing?

d.) Did you seek significant help from social scientists outside your newsroom?
Describe their involvement.