1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved.
"When SIDS isn't SIDS" by Julia Hunter.
2. List date(s) this work was published or aired.
July 18, 2010.
3. Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
Twenty-five babies in the region had died in the last five years unnecessarily. Although, historically, these type of deaths would have been attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, a local medical examiner's scrutiny revealed that's actually almost never the case.
4. Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
Local and state reports from infant death task forces, handouts from local hospitals that indicated the push away from co-sleeping and stomach sleeping.
5. Explain types of human sources used.
Local medical examiner, the head coroner, child fatality review team leaders, New York State Police officer, perinatal nurse managers and the Child Protective Services director and case workers.
6. Results (if any).
Hopefully, fewer people co-sleeping and putting their babies to sleep on their stomachs.
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.
We received a letter to the editor refuting the dangers of co-sleeping.
8. Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Try to find parents who have been affected by this early on. I was unable to do this, even though I reached out to several grief counselors and help groups, but I think it would have helped the story tremendously.