How are the materials prepared?
(return to the top of this page) A “value reporter” is assigned to organize materials either from volunteers or a professional government or school planner to perform that function. Such assignments will be made only after a specific issue or theme has been recommended by the government and/or school district. A value reporter represents the interests and right of the public to learn and receive information, evenhandedly, about public issues. The Citizen Councilor’s program is an informal public information system. After interviewing people and audio or video taping their comments and preparing objective survey questions for Citizen Councilor response, a value reporter gets approval of the person(s)/ taped of materials prepared for dissemination otherwise their statements are not included. (If the person interviewed is not satisfied with his or her interview, they are invited to do it again. This is unlike an “investigative reporter” who has no such constraints.) The effort is to provi
