Environmental journalists interested in knowing how
they measure up have a new yardstick: a rating by the Department of
Energy. In a report made public in early November, the DOE ranked
reporters by how they treated the agency – a 100 score being most
favorable. “As far as I’m concerned, if you have too good a rating,
you aren’t doing your job,” said H. Joseph Hebert, an Associated
Press reporter. His record-low score was 30.8. To see how your
favorite reporters stack up in the tax-payer funded, $46,500 study
by Carma International, contact the Department of Energy, Carmen
MacDougall, Acting Director for Public and Consumer Affairs, Room
7A145 Forrestal Bldg., 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC
20585 (202/586-4940).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline DOE’s little list.
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