This rule is not absolute, of course. All of those other lawsuits, however, involved conflicts between a news organization and some outside group or individual. Prior to my firing at WTVT, I had worked for 19 years in broadcast journalism, and Steve's career in front of the camera was even longer. He is the recipient of four Emmy awards and a National Press Citation. Today, however, we have spent three years off the air, tied up in a seemingly interminable legal battle.
Few people recognize our faces anymore.
The conference brought together hundreds of environmentally conscious, mostly young journalists to Lansing, Michigan, to delve into topics such as hybrid auto technology, nuclear misdeeds, and Great Lakes pollution. The SEJ conference also featured an exhibit hall, and in an adjoining room, the biotech industry had mounted a glossy display, staffed by two representatives who stood out like a couple of well-suited salesmen at a college campus. Also included was a list of biotech food products you've probably already consumed or used. Mark Buckingham, one of the men in suits at the SEJ conference, told us that this was his first U.S. assignment for Monsanto. In this country just three weeks from the U.K., Mark worked hard at being the perfect salesman.