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The Chauncey Bailey Project
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The Chauncey Bailey Project
Posted October 15th, 2007 by Carrie Ching
The Center for Investigative Reporting has partnered with an array of Bay Area journalists, highly respected media organizations, and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to form an investigative team to continue the work of journalist Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr., and answer questions regarding his death. Bailey, the editor of the weekly Oakland Post, was murdered on Aug. 2 while reporting on a story regarding the suspicious activities of the Your Black Muslim Bakery.
In an unusual collaboration, more than two dozen reporters, photographers and editors from print, broadcast and electronic media, and journalism students are launching the Chauncey Bailey Project – an investigative unit that will continue and expand on the reporting Bailey was pursuing when he was gunned down. Devaughndre Broussard, 19, a handyman for Your Black Muslim Bakery, has confessed to the crime, according to police, but many questions about the possible motive for the killing have yet to be answered.
“We cannot stand for a reporter to be murdered while working on behalf of the public. Chauncey’s death is a threat to democracy; journalists will not be intimidated,” said Dori J. Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. “This type of crime cast a chilling effect over our community. We will not be bullied. We have to prove that there is no gain when the very structure of our society is challenged.”
Moreover, Maynard asserted that the “team will ensure that Chauncey did not die in vain.
“Other Bay Area media have covered the story and all work done on this story is important and continues to shed light on Bailey’s murder. We hope that our work contributes to understanding why Bailey was killed and addresses the broader ramifications of the story.”
The team effort promises to be the largest collective journalistic endeavor since the Arizona Project was formed 31 years ago in the aftermath of the murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles. “This is a unique collaboration and we hope our work goes beyond Bailey's murder and reveals broader issues that impact the lives of Oakland's citizens,” said Robert J. Rosenthal, who is helping coordinate the project and is the former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer and former Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
>> Visit The Chauncey Bailey Project website to read, listen, and view stories.
>> For more information about the Chauncey Bailey Project or its collaborators, contact Dori J. Maynard of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education at (510) 684-3071.
In an unusual collaboration, more than two dozen reporters, photographers and editors from print, broadcast and electronic media, and journalism students are launching the Chauncey Bailey Project – an investigative unit that will continue and expand on the reporting Bailey was pursuing when he was gunned down. Devaughndre Broussard, 19, a handyman for Your Black Muslim Bakery, has confessed to the crime, according to police, but many questions about the possible motive for the killing have yet to be answered.
“We cannot stand for a reporter to be murdered while working on behalf of the public. Chauncey’s death is a threat to democracy; journalists will not be intimidated,” said Dori J. Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. “This type of crime cast a chilling effect over our community. We will not be bullied. We have to prove that there is no gain when the very structure of our society is challenged.”
Moreover, Maynard asserted that the “team will ensure that Chauncey did not die in vain.
“Other Bay Area media have covered the story and all work done on this story is important and continues to shed light on Bailey’s murder. We hope that our work contributes to understanding why Bailey was killed and addresses the broader ramifications of the story.”
The team effort promises to be the largest collective journalistic endeavor since the Arizona Project was formed 31 years ago in the aftermath of the murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles. “This is a unique collaboration and we hope our work goes beyond Bailey's murder and reveals broader issues that impact the lives of Oakland's citizens,” said Robert J. Rosenthal, who is helping coordinate the project and is the former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer and former Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
>> Visit The Chauncey Bailey Project website to read, listen, and view stories.
>> For more information about the Chauncey Bailey Project or its collaborators, contact Dori J. Maynard of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education at (510) 684-3071.