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<DIV><FONT size=2>Winston wrote about the journalism question:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>...arrange for a prior briefing about the process and the
meeting and then invite her to conduct "before and after" interviews with
participants like Harrison did in the videotape of Bell South </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>While not a journalist, we were concerned when making the film
Winston refers to of whether the cameras would be too intrusive and if people
would be concerned about privacy. (The company was actually U S
WEST.) The director and camera crew were there for the entire Open Space
filming. They did not participate, they filmed and interviewed
people before the space opened, throughout the 2.5 day event and about 6 weeks
after it ended. They got signed releases from everyone who spoke in the
film but not from anyone else. Before we opened the space, we told people
of the intention to film and how the film would be used. We asked that if
anyone had issues that they let the people doing the filming know and they
wouldn't film them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In practice, there were no objections and once explained, the
cameras sort of disappeared into the background in spite their size and the
bright lights that accompanied them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kinch@sympatico.ca href="mailto:kinch@sympatico.ca">Winston Kinch</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 18, 2002 9:46
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: journalists in an OS</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hallo Tova:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From your reply I'm going to assume for the
moment that not only is there no specific community named as yet, but
that the O/S will not take place in the context of a particular community but
rather between and among the various "professional" stakeholders. I
insist on this point only because if there were a specific "target"
community it would be important to me to understand whether or not those who
lived there were invited...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm afraid I am going to be a little tougher than
Lisa in my response. You say the journalist in question is informed
about these issues: so she would seem to qualify as a stakeholder. I
would support inviting her only <EM><STRONG>as
a participant</STRONG></EM> and subject to the same guidelines as
everyone else. Then she can really write a good story dealing with the
content, the results, and the process. And more importantly having been
through the experience she will be "coming from the right place" when
doing so. Both my intuition and (admittedly limited in this case)
experience is that even with the best of intentions and pre-briefing
of participants, it is <STRONG><EM>very </EM></STRONG>difficult for
the presence of "observers" of any stripe - especially "recorders" of the
event - not to have a negative impact on the proceedings; not to somehow
"skew" the way people behave...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this is not possible (Lisa mentioned the time
requirement for example), then one suggestion would be to arrange for a prior
briefing about the process and the meeting and then invite her to conduct
"before and after" interviews with participants like Harrison did in the
videotape of Bell South - an excellent source of "sound bites" - as well
as perhaps providing her with access to the proceedings after the fact (I'm
hesitant about this part but I don't really have the full
context...).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shalom</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Winston</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=averbuch@post.tau.ac.il
href="mailto:averbuch@post.tau.ac.il">Averbuch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 18, 2002 10:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: journalists in an OS</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Winston,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for helping me clear up what needs
clarification, - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> "the community" potentially
is all the state of Israel (every place that there are physical building and
development) but there is no identified community as of yet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The invitation went
out to all/most the government, municipal, academic, professional, NGO,
voluntary bodies that have to do with this issue and is announced in
professional and organizational gatherings about relevant issues. People who
were not invited directly call to register after hearing from some one and
join. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The journalist we know about
is a good one and covers this type of issues in an important Israeli daily
newspaper. I understand she was offered to come "as a Journalist", whatever
that means. Intuitively I would be all for her coming as a participant but I
keep asking myself what happens if people find their name and picture and
words quoted (or twisted) in the morning paper...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this helps - thanks again</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yours</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tova</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kinch@sympatico.ca href="mailto:kinch@sympatico.ca">Winston
Kinch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 18, 2002 3:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: journalists in an
OS</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some questions on Tova's
post:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are members of the "target" community invited
to the O/S? Are the journalists in question members of the community or
representing community news sources? And, the <U>key</U>
question, w</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ould the journalists be
there as participants or as some kind of "observers"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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