1997.09.01: September 1, 1997: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Journalism: Columbia Journalism Review: Gabe Pressman, President of the New York Press Club, writes: The police manufactured a series of charges against Julia Campbell at Biggies Smalls funeral in 1997, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer
Peace Corps Online:
Directory:
Philippines:
Peace Corps Philippines:
Peace Corps Philippines: Newest Stories:
2007.04.14: April 14, 2007: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Safety: Chicago Tribune: Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell Missing in Philippines :
Read stories by and about Julia Campbell who was a free lance journalist in New York City before joining the Peace Corps:
1997.09.01: September 1, 1997: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Journalism: Columbia Journalism Review: Gabe Pressman, President of the New York Press Club, writes: The police manufactured a series of charges against Julia Campbell at Biggies Smalls funeral in 1997, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer
Gabe Pressman, President of the New York Press Club, writes: The police manufactured a series of charges against Julia Campbell at Biggies Smalls funeral in 1997, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer
The police manufactured a series of charges against Campbell, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer. Those charges (made in a written report) weren't mentioned by Freeman or the police when the department issued its press release. That The New York Times would be concerned about a "continuum" in relationships with the police is beyond belief. The police are there to serve the public and the job of reporter and editor is to report on the police and scrutinize their behavior, not make deals with them.
PCOL Comment: Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell has been missing since April 8 in a mountainous northern area about 160 miles north of Manila Campbell, 40, was last seen in the town of Banaue in Ifugao province, where she had planned to hike alone. The area is famed for its mountainside rice terraces and pine forests. The New People's Army also operates there.
Gabe Pressman, President of the New York Press Club, writes: The police manufactured a series of charges against Julia Campbell at Biggies Smalls funeral in 1997, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer
A COP-OUT?
Caption: New York Times stringer Julia Campbell is taken away by police as she is arrested and charged with disorderly conduct during a disturbance that broke out in the Brooklyn borough of New York after the funeral procession of rap star The Notorious B.I.G., Tuesday, March 18, 1997, in New York. (AP Photo/Hakim Mutlaq)
Your September/October story, "Hardball in New York," is a home run. Your reporter has depicted accurately the anti-press atmosphere in Mayor Rudy Giuliani's city.
Eve Burton, the general counsel to the Daily News, deserves praise for winning victories in the courts, forcing certain city records to be turned over to the press under freedom of information laws. Sadly, the same thing cannot be said for George Freeman, the assistant general counsel at The New York Times. When Times free-lance reporter Julia Campbell was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct as she was covering the funeral of rapper Biggie Smalls, Freeman made a deal with the police. They dropped the charges against Campbell and he apologized for the "intemperate language" used by Campbell. (Her offense? When they snapped the cuffs on her, the young woman said: "What the . . . is going on?")
The Times allowed the police department to issue a press release announcing that the charges were dropped and the Times had apologized. For what? For a reporter doing her job?
Freeman tells CJR: "We have to look beyond the individual incident to the continuum of dealing with the police department. To be antagonistic would not serve us in the long run."
Is this The New York Times of the Pentagon Papers? of Times v. Sullivan? Is this the same newspaper that exposed the Tweed Ring?
The police manufactured a series of charges against Campbell, including inciting to riot and pushing an officer. Those charges (made in a written report) weren't mentioned by Freeman or the police when the department issued its press release.
That The New York Times would be concerned about a "continuum" in relationships with the police is beyond belief. The police are there to serve the public and the job of reporter and editor is to report on the police and scrutinize their behavior, not make deals with them.
Gabe Pressman
President
New York Press Club
New York, New York
Links to Related Topics (Tags):
Peace Corps Annual Report: 1997; Peace Corps Philippines; Directory of Philippines RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Philippines RPCVs; Journalism
When this story was posted in April 2007, this was on the front page of PCOL:




Peace Corps Online The Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
 | Chris Dodd's Vision for the Peace Corps Senator Chris Dodd (RPCV Dominican Republic) spoke at the ceremony for this year's Shriver Award and elaborated on issues he raised at Ron Tschetter's hearings. Dodd plans to introduce legislation that may include: setting aside a portion of Peace Corps' budget as seed money for demonstration projects and third goal activities (after adjusting the annual budget upward to accommodate the added expense), more volunteer input into Peace Corps operations, removing medical, healthcare and tax impediments that discourage older volunteers, providing more transparency in the medical screening and appeals process, a more comprehensive health safety net for recently-returned volunteers, and authorizing volunteers to accept, under certain circumstances, private donations to support their development projects. He plans to circulate draft legislation for review to members of the Peace Corps community and welcomes RPCV comments. |
 | He served with honor One year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul (RPCV Kenya) carried on an ongoing dialog on this website on the military and the peace corps and his role as a member of a Civil Affairs Team in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have just received a report that Sargeant Paul has been killed by a car bomb in Kabul. Words cannot express our feeling of loss for this tremendous injury to the entire RPCV community. Most of us didn't know him personally but we knew him from his words. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was one of ours and he served with honor. |
 | Peace Corps' Screening and Medical Clearance The purpose of Peace Corps' screening and medical clearance process is to ensure safe accommodation for applicants and minimize undue risk exposure for volunteers to allow PCVS to complete their service without compromising their entry health status. To further these goals, PCOL has obtained a copy of the Peace Corps Screening Guidelines Manual through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and has posted it in the "Peace Corps Library." Applicants and Medical Professionals (especially those who have already served as volunteers) are urged to review the guidelines and leave their comments and suggestions. Then read the story of one RPCV's journey through medical screening and his suggestions for changes to the process. |
 | The Peace Corps is "fashionable" again The LA Times says that "the Peace Corps is booming again and "It's hard to know exactly what's behind the resurgence." PCOL Comment: Since the founding of the Peace Corps 45 years ago, Americans have answered Kennedy's call: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Over 182,000 have served. Another 200,000 have applied and been unable to serve because of lack of Congressional funding. The Peace Corps has never gone out of fashion. It's Congress that hasn't been keeping pace. |
 | PCOL readership increases 100% Monthly readership on "Peace Corps Online" has increased in the past twelve months to 350,000 visitors - over eleven thousand every day - a 100% increase since this time last year. Thanks again, RPCVs and Friends of the Peace Corps, for making PCOL your source of information for the Peace Corps community. And thanks for supporting the Peace Corps Library and History of the Peace Corps. Stay tuned, the best is yet to come. |
 | History of the Peace Corps PCOL is proud to announce that Phase One of the "History of the Peace Corps" is now available online. This installment includes over 5,000 pages of primary source documents from the archives of the Peace Corps including every issue of "Peace Corps News," "Peace Corps Times," "Peace Corps Volunteer," "Action Update," and every annual report of the Peace Corps to Congress since 1961. "Ask Not" is an ongoing project. Read how you can help. |
Read the stories and leave your comments.
Some postings on Peace Corps Online are provided to the individual members of this group without permission of the copyright owner for the non-profit purposes of criticism, comment, education, scholarship, and research under the "Fair Use" provisions of U.S. Government copyright laws and they may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner. Peace Corps Online does not vouch for the accuracy of the content of the postings, which is the sole responsibility of the copyright holder.
Story Source: Columbia Journalism Review
This story has been posted in the following forums: : Headlines; COS - Philippines; Journalism
PCOL36860
51