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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 --- 73 days ago http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=143000
 Right under the noses of police, out in the open in rural Iowa, a prostitution ring involving children flourished. How could it happen without being stopped? How widespread is prostitution in rural America? The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Gazette launched an investigation and produced an impressive multimedia Web site and a 14-part series of stories . RECENT POSTS I am now updating my column throughout each weekday with new resources and ideas. Check back for the latest posts, or stay informed of what's new by subscribing to the RSS feed . New since the last newsletter: Is Dove's "Real Beauty" Campaign Phony? Tracking the Salvia Freak-Out Arrests Point to Rising Drug Use on Campuses This is a newspaper with only one staff photographer. The reporter, Jennifer Hemmingsen , worked on the story while also covering her everyday crime and courts beat. The story said: By poring over hundreds of court records and reports, and through more than two dozen interviews, The Gazette has pieced together over the last year and a half the story of how Robert Sallis and Betty Thompson were able in late 2004 and 2005 to operate a prostitution business right under the noses of police, able to prostitute the 13-year-old M.B. throughout Eastern Iowa for weeks even as their house was being watched by Williamsburg patrol officers. The secret to their success? Sticking to small towns, keeping a low profile and ... |
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