After initially allowing Michigan Capitol Confidential to sit in and listen to its Michigan Wind Energy Forum in Lansing on Tuesday, the American Wind Energy Association changed its mind. Within five minutes, an association official grabbed Michigan Capitol Confidential’s camera and asked its reporter, Anne Schieber, to leave. Schieber was stationed in the back of the room, observing and recording for a potential news story. The association said Michigan Capitol Confidential was not credentialed. Peter Kelly, the associations vice president for public affairs, was asked where the credentialing process had been disclosed or what Michigan Capitol Confidential would have to do to be approved. He replied that Michigan Capitol Confidential reporters were not real journalists and could not be credentialed. The AWEA is a trade association whose members include manufacturers of industrial wind turbines and related systems. Michigan Capitol Confidential is a member of the Michigan Press Association and its work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Schieber spent 30 years in broadcast journalism. She was a reporter and anchor for WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids from 1998 to 2011, and has worked for stations in four other cities as well. In 2003, she was honored as “Journalist of the Year” by the Michigan Small Business Administration. michigancapitolconfidential/20932
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:49:04 +0000
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