CAR story wins regional SPJ award - Reporter Devin Smith and The Olympian recently won an award from the regional Society of Professional Journalists for a database story on restaurant inspections. The article took first place for consumer reporting in the under 50,000 circulation category.
Illinois offers county justice system profiles - The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has recently completed profiles of the criminal justice system for each of Illinois 102 counties. Sal Perri, research analyst with ICJIA, said the reports contain analyses of drug and violent crime data for each Illinois county, comparing trends experienced over the past decade across counties with similar population characteristics. For more information about the reports, contact the Authority's Information Center at (312) 793-8550 or send an e-mail message to Perri at 73244.2726@compuserve.com
Congressional Quarterly Gopher now up - Congressional Quarterly has announced the opening of its new gopher, which will allow users on the Net to explore current and archival CQ documents. Files now accessible via the Net include:
- Lead stories of the current CQ Weekly Report, as well as an archive of past stories. - A weekly news brief from the CQ Researcher. - Status of appropriations bills and other major legislation. - Results from key 1993-1994 roll call votes. - Updates on congressional and gubernatorial elections. - Information on members of Congress, including committee and caucus rosters, leadership positions, room numbers, and telephone numbers.
To access the gopher, connect to gopher.cqalert.com. For more information on the CQ gopher, contact Melissa Henderson at (800) 432-2250, ext. 578, or e-mail her at mhenderson@cqalert.com.