1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved.
Medical Care After The Haiti Earthquake by Stephen Smith
2. List date(s) this work was published or aired.
January 21, 2010, May 1, 2010 & June 27, 2010
3. Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
The three stories that are part of the entry represent our coverage of medical issues related to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. In each case, they forge a link between the efforts of health professionals in New England and the survivors of the calamity.
4. Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
Not applicable.
5. Explain types of human sources used.
Each of the stories involved health professionals from New England and the battered and bruised survivors of the earthquake.
6. Results (if any).
The story about Reginette Cinelien spurred donations to the prosthetics foundation in New England and inquiries about helping Reginette.
7. Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
None.
8. Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Immersed in such loss and devastation, there is only one way to respond: lead with your heart and your head will follow. The reporter's need to get the story should never trump the reporter's sense of humanity or humility. That does not mean the reporter should abandon paramount journalistic principles. It is to say, instead, that cold detachment is not only cold, it produces less meaningful journalism.