Media Advisory: Investigative Report to be Released June 5: Private Sponsors Spend Millions to Send Congress and Staff around World
Contact: Brad Robideau
American Public Media
651-290-1113
brobideau@americanpublicmedia.org
Media Advisory
Investigative Report to be Released June 5: Private Sponsors Spend Millions to Send Congress and Staff around World
Trips Paid for by Organizations with Legislative Interests on Capitol Hill
WHO: Wendell Rawls, executive director, Center for Public Integrity;
Ellen Shearer, assistant dean, Northwestern University's Medill School, and Co-director, Medill News Service;
Chris Farrell, economics correspondent, American Public Media's Marketplace and American RadioWorks
(Others will be available for question and answer session)
WHAT: On Monday, June 5, American Public Media's Marketplace and American RadioWorks, Northwestern University's Medill School and the Center for Public Integrity will launch "Power Trips," an extensive investigation of privately sponsored travel by members of Congress and their aides. The findings — based on an analysis of more than 25,000 travel disclosure documents — will reveal that Congress and staff took thousands of trips, worth millions of dollars, to destinations around globe.
WHEN: Monday, June 5, 2006, 11 a.m. EST
WHERE: Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW, Washington D.C.
A live streaming video feed of the press conference can be found at www.publicintegrity.org
- Wireless Internet connection will be provided for those who wish to file, blog or post directly from the press conference
- Coffee and other refreshments will be provided
- Camera crews are encouraged to set up one hour prior to the news conference
For special accommodations or further information, contact Sam Stein at (202) 481-1225 or at sstein@publicintegrity.org.
American Public Media™ is the nation's second-biggest producer of public radio programs, reaching 14.2 million listeners nationwide each week. National programs include A Prairie Home Companion,® Weekend America,® Saint Paul Sunday,® Marketplace,® Marketplace Money,® The Splendid Table,® Being® and special reports produced by its national documentary unit, American RadioWorks.® American Public Media is the national production and distribution division of Minnesota Public Radio.® Minnesota Public Radio, along with its sister company Southern California Public Radio, belongs to a larger family of companies within American Public Media Group, a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to develop resources, services and systems to support public media for public service. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be obtained at www.americanpublicmedia.org.
###
Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc. Arbitron data are estimates only.
Spring 2005/Fall 2005 average