| by Alex Nuti-de Biasi, Journal-Opinion Last month, a Connecticut woman, who had successfully sued Vermont over its residency requirement in the state’s assisted suicide (or medical aid in dying) law, ended her own life. A Boston Globe columnist, Kevin Cullen, chronicled Lynda Bluestein’s journey in a story published on Jan. 26. “But a controversy has arisen over whether or not Cullen crossed journalistic lines by becoming too personally involved in the story,” the Poynter Institute for Media Studies points out. Cullen signed a form, required under Vermont law, that Bluestein was in a clear state of mind when she made the decision to end her life. “On the one hand, he wanted his story to progress,” a Poynter senior vice president said. “On the other hand, he was nudging it forward, directly intervening in the story so that it would progress.” |
| Nearly two dozen skiers needed rescue in Killington – The Rutland Herald covered this story last month about how 23 skiers — many of whom did not know each other — wound up out of bounds in Killington. Search and rescue teams had to be called in. Outside also picked up the story. “It’s powder fever,” a Vermont State Police search and rescue coordinator told Outside. |