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Show The Salt LakeTribune SUNDAY,June 30, 2002 TheSaltLakeTribune UTAH ONLINE Interactive Survey hen a journalist breaches reader trust, even whenit is unintentional, it affects the newspaper's credi | Weall are quasi-public figures when it comes to our work and there are certain transgressions in this businessthat require public discussion for a clean closure. knowing mistake. Wenoted the situation in a section-front story the following day. Theconsequences: Renzhofer will lose his bility. [ loathedisciplining staff members in public, but we all are quasi-public figures TVcolumnistand reporter position and be whenit comesto our work andtherearecer- and fewer responsibilities. His byline will not appear in The Tribune duringhis year of probation. slumnist and writer Marty Renzhof- a decent, likableandotherwise profes: from staff for this annual in-state contest. It is a contest that exists primarily as a fund-raiser for SPJ (there is an entryfee for each nominee and winners are invited to the awards dinners). Oneofthe state's three ishment professionally and vowed to regain metro papers, the Ogden Standard Examiner,did not even enter. We mayjoin thetrustof colleagues andreaders. I believe he will. poutatelevision documentary on jal end to the 1972 gold medal basketball game of the Summer Olympics. He lifted a description of that memorable finale from the pen of another without attri. bution. There is a harsh term for that: plagiarism. Word-for-wordlifts ofdetails from another’s journalisticeffort happens often On a HappierNote: In the past couple of Spot News Photography:Trent Nelson Sports Photography: Leah Hogsten Ron Morris is back as newseditor of the Comprehensive Reporting: Linda Fan- tin, Rebecca Walsh and Mike Gorrell for their coverageof the Olympic bribery case. Enterprise and a former newsor wire editor at dailies in Tallahassee, Fla., Nashville, Tenn., and St. Thomas,U.S.Virgin Islands, joined the World Desk two weeks ago. And A bylineattached to apieceof writing meanstheproseis original to the author. Period. Pottsville (Pa.) Republican,rejoins the Sports tribute, but forgot. for her in-depth look at the Utah Supreme Court. Government/Political Reporting: Greg Burton and Thomas Burr for their reporting on La Verkin’s war on the United Nations. photo department for thepast several years, becomesassistant newseditorfor photos. Trent Nelson, a gifted photographer, moves to chief photographerstatus. More Awards: The Utah chapterof the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) an- In hardlyanyinstanceis plagiarism pre- meditate Norwasit with Marty. Hedidn’t mean to do it. But hedid. At this newspaper, given the current na- Social Services Reporting: Jacob Santini and AshleyEstes Broughtonfor their story on mothers on meth. nounced its near endless awardsroster for tional atmosphereover the issue, such breachesof thought, judgment or whatever are near-capital offenses. We suspended the state’s newspapers, television and online Renzhofer on June20 after a reader pointed getting around to detailing The Tribune’s top Design Work: Todd Adams Ee newspresentations on June 15 and I am now awards. out theoffense and he acknowledged his say God favors one nation over another. 6 Unsure. Tom Welch and Dave Johnson. Legal Affairs Reporting: Elizabeth Neff Deskthatheleft somefive years ago. In anotherarea, Lori Post, whohas coordinated with dash the technical side of our . wasn’t © Yes, itis theological nonsense to Deadline Reporting: Gorrell and Fantin for the coverage package abouta federal judgetossing out the bribery charges against Chris Schulte, who was sports editor at Thereis no excuse for plagiarism, but reasons are cited: Ina hurry. . get sloppy. . . by Congress nearly 50 years ago under pressure from a Catholic organization and they don't belong in a nationthatprides itself in the separation of church and state. General Excellence: Trent Nelson agingeditor of the Thomasville (Ga.) Times- work without credit 8 Yes, the two words were added Feature Photography: Leah Hogsten Photo Essay: Trent Nelson State Desk followinga similar position at the Tacoma News Tribune. Roger Morton, man- wholesale inclusion of Salt Lake Tribune can work for everyone butatheists. bune’sfirst-place winners: editors, two of whom arereturning to The Tribuneafter faraway flings. ° No, America is a nation dhinely inspired; God belongs in government. Ow, it's not that big of a deal. "God," in this case, is generic and it that movementnextyear. For whatit is worth, here are The Tri- weeks, we havepicked up three veteran desk enough in Utah and I am well-known for my complaints to other news media about thinking too.Still, we never seem to get muchinterest Renzhofer apologized, accepted his pun- sional person, erodedreadertrust June18 in wascareless. ribbon availabie. Others onstaff did well, movedto a general rewritejob with less pay tain transgressions inthis businessthat republic discussion for a clean closure. cut a corner In the best photographic showing in memory, Tribune photographers took every blue LASTWE! EK'S RESULTS Q: DoYoulike the Gallivan Center as the site of the Utah Arts Festival? 39% — Yes. = No,the Utah State Fairpark es was better. T%—No, neithersite was good. * 41% —| don't attend the Utah Arts Festival. (Internet polls are unscientific and tive of anyone other than the actual respondents.) Editor INTERNATIONALGSWEEKIN REVIE THE AMERICAS MEL THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE Compiled by KEVIN ROCHE EUROPE / AFRICA Compiled by BRIAN MAC INTYRE Cuba: Fidel Castro warned that limited Cuba-U.S. relations could be cut furtherand the American mission here ci Wireland: Prime Minister Bertie Ahern launched another Irish campaign to win public support for the 15- sed if U.S. diplomats member European Union treaty to ad. mit more nations.Irish voters rejected such a referendum last year largely over fears that it would lose its neu trality. A second Irish defeat of the Treaty of Nice would provoke “an unprecedented crisis” with the EU, Ahern said Thursday. The text of the latest referendum is expected to be voted on in October.Ifpassed, it would prohibit Ireland from committing tions of our soverastro’s warning comes Washingtons ap: i as S are aimed at bringing democracy ‘to the communist island, such as distributing radios, so Cubans can tune in to U.S. government programming, and increasing funding for dissident support groups in the UnitedStates. Drawing Up The Boundaries‘ofthe PNCCN Ne Mexico: Mexico has been sending moretroopsto theU.S. border to combat drug smuggling, and someof the forces to a future EU military mission unless voters approveit in a separate referendum. soldiers are raising alarms on the other side by carrying their operations into U.S. territory. Even more worrisome, ics say, are recent Belgium: Key European govern ments and the U.N.chiefhave rejected President Bush's call for a change in the top Palestinian leadership on groundsof respecting the democratic process. “We will not demand that Arafat or any otherleader in the region is removed,” said Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan added: “You could find yourself in a situationthattheradicals are the ones thatgetelected.” shootings involving an American tourist, a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle and migrants. They fear the troops are overzealousandsopoorly trained that they area hazard to innocent people in both countries. Brazil: Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardosostood stone faced, his right hand holding spent bullet casings as he surveyedthebattered facade of Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. Gunmen with assault rifles and @ Rwanda: Hundreds of survivors of the 1994 slaughter in Rwanda demonstrated outside the office of the U.N. tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday,demanding reforms at the court. The protest was timed to coincide with the arrival of Carla Del Ponte, chief pros- machine guns had pumped 100 to 200 roundsof bullets into the glass-and steel 15-story seat of local government last Monday, shattering windows and drawing large crowds of curious on- lookers. Officials said the brazen crimewasthe mostvisible sign to date of what has becomean increasingly bitter war between law enforcement and Brazil's drug gangs. @ Ecuador: This Andeannationis upset by cuts in U.S, economicassistance that it says is needed to prevent guerrilla activity and drug trafficking in Colombia's expanding civil war from spilling over its border. There have W@indonesia: Indonesian authorities are investigating the deaths of 17 endangeredelephants earlier this month in Sumatra, an official said Wednesday. Investigat suspect the ele- phants were poisonedby farmersafter the pachyderms invaded their palm oil plantations. Nazir Foead, dire ment agencies. Foead said palm oil plantationsare a favorite grazing spot Shakespeare troupes from overseas, for the animals, whoare attracted to the sweettasteofthe oil. said, Ecuador absorbed a 32.4 percent @ China: Falun Gong supporters interrupted twolocal cabletelevision cut in combined security and eco- Peru: Three American mountain climbers were swept a’ byan ava- lanche on Peru's highest peak and were feared dead. The head of Peru's high-mountain rescue unit said two other climbing expeditions reported they saw the Americans disappear in an avalanche on Huascaran mountain on Monday. Kevin Roche was a Wall Street Journaleditor, kroche@sltrib.com. programs recently, breaking in to show an imageof a banner saying the spiritual sect is good, police and a human rights group said Wednes- day, The first incident happened June 21 in the eastern city of Laiy- Established Ape815, 1871 Published rer and ae the Kearns Tr’ Main xreat Corporation, 143, Lake City, Utah 64111. Periodicals Post iPad it Sa akeCy, Uh POST MASTER: Send address changes to The Salt LakeTribune atthe above adress. ‘Tokyo's Globe Theater — a replica of its more famous namesake in London will close at the endof July, a theater official said. The theater's last performance will be Shakespeare's “The Merchant of Venice.” The Tokyo Globe Theater, designed by renowned Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, opened in 1988 near the bustling Shinjuku shopping district. It has been devoted almostentirely to the worksofthe Bard. Malaysia: Malaysia will not hold general elections before they are scheduled in 2004, ruling party officials said on Friday, putting an end to speculation that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad would lead his party in polls before stepping down in late 2003. Theofficials said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi, Mahathir’s anointed successor, will lead the ruling United Malays National Organization in elections that will pit it against the Islamic fundamentalist opposition. Human Rights and Democracy said. overthrow the constitutional monar- Windia: Monsoon rains, lightning strikes and floods in western Maharashtra state have killed at least 64 people overthe past week,officials reported Friday. The dead include 41 people killed in two days of flash flooding in villages 25 miles north of Bombay,said Iqbal Chahal, an official atthe affect Thaneregion. havebeen sentenced to up to 16 years chy. The governmentrefused to comment Thursday. Paris-based media rights group Reporters Without Tokyo. rstreeby@sltrib.com ang, in Shandong province. Falun Gong supporters cable-television m interrupted a program for 10 minutes. Activists then also showed a similar scenefor a few seconds on Tuesday evening in Yantai, another city in Shandong, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for People arrested in similar incidents in prison. The group was banned in Dhealt LakeFribune (ISSN 0746-8502) 1999 as a threat to public safety and along with govern- comeanother Vietnam, wedon’t want Ecuador to be the next Cambodia,” Foreign Minister Heinz Moeller Freile nomic aid in February whenthe U.S. Compiled by RICHARD STREEBY @ Japan: The Bard has fallen on hard times in Tokyo. Struggling against debts and the high cost of inviting gating thekillings Borderssaid KrishnaSen,editor ofthe weekly Janadisha, “died under torture last week in a detention center of the Nepalese security forces.” Sen was arrested last month after writing in support of the rebels whoare fighting to topple the government. communistrule. of the Sumatra and Java regio! the World Wide Fund for Nature Indones' id his group was investi- been several incursions by Colombian guerrillas along the lightly policed border. “If Colombia is going to be- government reduced its Andean Initiative allocation from $74 million to $50 million. 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W ltaly: Premier Silvio Berlusconi has sued the authors ofa best-selling book aboutthe origins ofhis fortune for $9.7 million, news reports said Tuesday. The book, whichalleges Berlusconi's empire was founded on mob money, had languished on bookshelves until Travaglio appeared on a TV talk show in the middle of last year's national election campaign. Zimbabwe: The nation’s ruling party urged tough action against white farmers whodefy orders to stop working their fields, and dismissed claims thatthe land seizures have exacerbated the country’s hunger crisis, state media reported Thursday. At a meeting Wednesday, the leaders of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party said many white farmers were ignoring the order, which took effect earlier this week. Most farmers stopped working months ago, intimidated by armed militants occupying their land, Brian Mac Intyre was a reporter in his native Dublin, bmac@sltrib.com. 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