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- Title
Death for a Terrorist: Media Coverage of the McVeigh Execution as a Case Study in Interorganizational Partnering between the Public and Private Sectors.
- Authors
Smith, Linda Wines; Roberts, John W.
- Abstract
In June 2001, the Federal Bureau of Prisons helped to carry out the execution of Timothy McVeigh for his role in the infamous 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The intense national and international media attention that the execution received was virtually unprecedented in the bureau's history, and it put the bureau in the difficult position of having to carry out two potentially conflicting responsibilities: facilitating coverage of the execution by hundreds of reporters, producers, and technicians, while maintaining the safety and security of the maximum security penitentiary in which the execution was held. Historically, the Bureau of Prisons has preferred to maintain a low media profile and had no experience managing a large-scale media event. This article examines how the bureau met this challenge by forming a partnership with the news media through the creation of a Media Advisory Group. It analyzes the goals, functions, and achievements of the Media Advisory Group by employing the Dawes model of interorganizational relationships.
- Subjects
TERRORISTS; BUSINESS enterprises; NONPROFIT organizations; MCVEIGH, Timothy, 1968-2001; BOMBINGS; CRIMES against public safety; CORRECTIONAL institutions
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 2003, Vol 63, Issue 5, p515
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1540-6210.00315