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> From: "Ronald J. Riley" <rjriley@...>
> To: <CounterTerrorism-L@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:13 PM
> Subject: [CounterTerrorism-L] Fw: Space Shuttle Coverage
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> > This is a post from Investigative Editors and Reporters. Good
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> > Ronald J. Riley www.rjriley.com
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <carolyn@...>
> > To: <NICAR-L@...>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:16 PM
> > > Subject: Space Shuttle Coverage
> >
> >
> > For journalists working on the Space Shuttle disaster, we have put
> > > together
> > a list of resources at http://www.ire.org/inthenews.html
> > There are at least 13 stories in our Resource Center about the Space
> > Shuttle
> > that might be of assistance. You can see the complete list of resources
> on
> > our "In the News" page. We will update this page as the story develops.
> >
> > We also are reviewing relevant data in our data library. Keep in mind
> > that the Space Shuttle is refurbished by contractors from around the
> > country. IRE
> > Members may find the Federal Contractors database at
> > http://notes.ire.org/cfic/fpds/index.html. From this data, the staff
has
> > assembled a special database on Shuttle contractors, which can be
ordered
> > from the library at (573) 884-7711.
> >
> > Among the stories in the Resource Center are:
> > *A report from the Los Angeles Times that tracks the events
> > that preceded and followed the destruction of Challenger, including
the
> > early theories on the cause of the accident.
> > *In 1988, CBS News investigated allegations by safety engineers at
> > Morton Thiokol, Inc. who alleged that perhaps as many as several
> hundred
> > safety reports were suppressed or destroyed during the redesigning of
> the
> > solid rocket boosters that power the space shuttle into space.
> >
> > Stories can be ordered from the Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or
> > rescntr@...
> >
> > > Carolyn Edds
> > > Research Director
> > > IRE Resource Center
> > > 138 Neff Annex
> > > Missouri School of Journalism
> > > Columbia, MO 65211
> > > (573) 882-6668
> > > (573) 884-8151 (fax)
> > > carolyn@...
> > >
> > >
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