Journalists

It takes courage on the part of reporters and their editors to seriously cover the developing news story associated with extraterrestrial related phenomena. The closer to the highest news/media tier, the greater the courage.

Mainstream journalists who are competently covering the subject are shown below. They are listed along with the editor and phone/fax/email for the media outlet or journalist. People who take risks to pursue the truth need all the support they can get.

This section is under construction and will be frequently updated.

Joel Achenbach	Washington Post	Leonard Downie, Jr.	202-334-6000 / 334-5269
Mr. Achenbach is a writer for the Style Section currently on sabbatical to write a book.
3/13/97 - Almost Heaven: Maybe There is Something Out There, Behind the Comet. No, Not Aliens. Something More Nebulous. Call it Faith. 3/19/97 - The Outre Limits: At the UFO Convention, True Believers Enter a Galaxy of Their Own 7/03/98 - Diary: Take Him to His Readers (Erich Von Daniken) 7/03/98 - Diary: We're Off To See the Aliens (Roswell) 7/04/98 - Diary: Roswell's Desert Swarm 7/13/97 - A Beautiful Illusion

Howard Blum	Journalist/Writer
Former award winning New York Times reporter.
Out There: The Government's Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials

C. D. B. Bryan	Journalist/Writer
Mr. Bryan has contributed to Esquire, New York Times Magazine, New Republic, Rolling Stone
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: A Reporter's Notebook on Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M.I.T.

Billy Cox	Florida Today	Melinda Meers	407-242-3774 / 242-6620
Mr. Cox is a reporter and columnist.
02/28/97 - FOIAville: Good Things Take Time 04/10/98 - Making a Case for a Face on Mars; Scientist not Ready to Concede 10/09/98 - Waiting for Bubba: Vigilant Skywatchers Keeping the Faith (column) 10/09/98 - Are we alone? UFO Conference Launches Today in Cocoa Beach 10/10/98 - NASA, News Media Rapped at UFO Conference

Julia Duin	Washington Times	Wesley Pruden	202-636-3000 / 529-6658
Ms. Duin is a reporter in national news.
7/8/98 - UFO fans doubt dismissals, insist truth's out there

Paul Hoversten	USA Today	David Mazzarella	703-276-3400 / 247-3100
Mr. Hoversten is a science reporter formerly with USA Today and Space.com
5/11/98 - Mars' 'face' a pile of rocks? Many insist it doesn't wash 6/30/98 - UFO groups say scientists are seeing the light

George Knapp	KLAS Television	702-792-8888 / 792-2977
Mr. Knapp is a news anchor for KLAS television in Las Vegas.

Leslie Kean	Freelance	n/a	lkean@ix.netcom.com
Ms. Kean is a well published freelance journalist and producer/reporter with KPFA radio in Berkeley, CA.
5/21/00 - UFO theorists gain support abroad, but repression at home (Boston Globe) 5/27/00 - UFOs might be real, French say. Military leaders finish 3-year study (Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN)
Sarah McClendon	McClendon News Service	n/a	301-320-7581 / 320-7900
Ms. McClendon is the senior working White House correspondent and owner of her own news service.
3/30/98 - Lid Coming Off Government Cover-up on UFOs 7/1/98 - Pressure is Building for Congressional Hearings on UFOs

Deborah Orin	New York Post	Leonard Downie, Jr.	202-393-1787 / 783-9460
Ms. Orin is a reporter.
11/23/97 - Bill wanted UFO probe: Hubbell book

Richard Price	USA Today	David Mazzarella	703-276-3400 / 247-3100
Mr. Price is a reporter.
6/18/98 - Arizonans say the truth about UFO is out there

Matt Richtel	New York Times	650-856-8392 / 597-8014
Mr. Richtel is a reporter.
7/1/97 - Roswell Diary: A Town Braces as the Believers Descend 7/2/97 - Roswell Diary: To Crash Site Visitors, a Cover-UP Is Clear 7/3/97 - Roswell Diary: They're Sure the Aliens Crashed, But Not Sure Just Where 7/5/97 - Roswell Diary: Ministers Plan Their Own Kind of "Encounter" 7/5/97 - Roswell Diary: Abductees Search for a Little Respect 7/7/97 - Roswell Diary: As Aliens Depart, Intelligent Life Returns

Kathy Sawyer	Washington Post	Leonard Downie Jr.	202-334-6000 / 334-5269
Ms. Sawyer is the science editor.
4/7/98 - With Mars Images, NASA Says: Face It, It's a Mesa

William B. Scott	Aviation Week and Space Technology	David M. North	212-512-2000 / 904-6068
Mr. Scott is an Editor.
12/22/97 - Spooks--It's Time For a Revelation (excessive government secrecy, black budget)

Tricia Thompson	Bethesda Gazette	Jeff Allanach	301-951-4390
Ms.Thompson is a reporter.
1/23/98 - The Bassett Files: One-man lobbying firm tackles government secrecy on UFOs

This section is a difficult work in progress. Searching for quality articles by mainstream reporters is extremely time consuming. Are you aware of a mainstream journalist who has demonstrated both courage and dedication to the precepts of their profession in writing articles pertaining to extraterrestrial phenomena? If so, and you would like to see them acknowledged here, contact via e-mail
Paradigm Research Group

Journalism, like nature, abhors a vacuum. If the mainstream news/media are not covering a story of such magnitude, other media will. With little recognition, modest funding and less than modest financial reward, journalists within the specific genre have done their best to cover the story. History will be kind.

This section is under construction and will be frequently updated.

Are you aware of a journalist in the alternative news media writing articles pertaining to extraterrestrial phenomena who should be acknowledged above? If so, contact via e-mail
Paradigm Research Group

Gene Kramer	Associated Press
Mr. Kramer is a reporter
8/4/97 - U.S. Lied About UFOs

Ed De La Garza	Daily Cougar (U. of Houston)	Jim Parsons	713-743-5384 / dclettrs@pop.uh.edu
Mr. De La Garza is a reporter and columnist.
11/9/98 - Are we alone in the universe? Ask the government: UFO lobbyist Bassett is trying to unlock the secrets .

William J. Birnes	UFO Magazine	n/a	310-827-0505 / 827-6865
Mr. Birnes is the publisher and co-author with Col. Philip Corso of The Day After Roswell: A Former Pentagon Official Reveals the U.S. Government’s Shocking UFO Cover-up

Don/Vicki Ecker	UFO Magazine	n/a	310-827-0505 / 827-6865
Ms. Ecker is a founder and editor-in-chief. Don Ecker is the News Editor

Bob/Zoh Hieronimus	Hieronimus & Co. Newsletter	ZohandBobH@aol.com
Mr. and Ms. Hieronimus are publishers.

Linda Moulton Howe		n/a
Ms. Howe was a documentarist and television reporter.

Michael Lindemann	CNI News	n/a	CNINews1@aol.com
Mr. Lindemann is the founder and publisher.