Welcome to the introductory post of Marvin Greene’s Washington Health and Safety Briefing.
Quite a mouthful of a title for a blog covering occupational safety and health, off-the-job safety and public health among primary topics.
After serving as Washington Editor for seven years for the National Safety Council’s longstanding flagship publication Safety+Health magazine, bringing my name to the title is natural.
Starting in 2002, I wrote Safety+Health's "Washington Update" perspective column, edited the OSHA Up-to-Date newsletter, created an internal fax letter called The Washington Letter and wrote monthly trend features on topics in workplace safety and health among many other duties.
Along the way, I have interviewed countless Washington and national newsmakers, researched and wrote hundreds of articles, covered dozens on dozens of congressional hearings and federal agency meetings, and made presentations at the National Safety Council’s annual Conference and Expo. I reported on safety and health as intensely from Washington as anybody.
Admittedly, many, many Web sites and print publications focus on safety and health – some very good ones and some very bad ones in my view. So what will make my coverage different? I believe two things.
The first is my focus on my bailiwick -- Washington. I can't cover the universe of safety and health and won't try. I'll focus on what happens in the nation's capital and how that influences safety and health nationally. Marvin Greene’s Washington Health and Safety Briefing won’t simply run the latest press releases from OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH, other federal agencies or congressional committees.
Instead, postings here will go beyond the obvious and examine, analyze and comment on implications of public policy, politics, the congressional legislative process and the workings federal agency bureaucracy.
I will call on the many sources to help provide key insights on issues, trends and people. You only get that from rubbing elbows in Washington -- thus the focus on providing a top-level "briefing" with each posting.
The second thing is that this blog will be based on principles of superior journalism (my master’s degree is from the Graduate School of Journalism at New York’s Columbia University). So if I assert something, it will be rooted in fact, accuracy and fairness. No aimless taking of sides here on partisan political issues or labor-industry skirmishes.
But make no mistake, I will offer ideas, thought leadership and perspective on the often contentious world of safety and health, but with a measured, even hand without tooting a whistle for one side or the other. I promise good writing, too, in my own imitable style.
It is my hope that you will come here often, place a bookmark and offer your comments. My postings generally will occur on Mondays and Thursdays, but look for my news when the events of day demand it.
Quite a mouthful of a title for a blog covering occupational safety and health, off-the-job safety and public health among primary topics.
After serving as Washington Editor for seven years for the National Safety Council’s longstanding flagship publication Safety+Health magazine, bringing my name to the title is natural.
Starting in 2002, I wrote Safety+Health's "Washington Update" perspective column, edited the OSHA Up-to-Date newsletter, created an internal fax letter called The Washington Letter and wrote monthly trend features on topics in workplace safety and health among many other duties.
Along the way, I have interviewed countless Washington and national newsmakers, researched and wrote hundreds of articles, covered dozens on dozens of congressional hearings and federal agency meetings, and made presentations at the National Safety Council’s annual Conference and Expo. I reported on safety and health as intensely from Washington as anybody.
Admittedly, many, many Web sites and print publications focus on safety and health – some very good ones and some very bad ones in my view. So what will make my coverage different? I believe two things.
The first is my focus on my bailiwick -- Washington. I can't cover the universe of safety and health and won't try. I'll focus on what happens in the nation's capital and how that influences safety and health nationally. Marvin Greene’s Washington Health and Safety Briefing won’t simply run the latest press releases from OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH, other federal agencies or congressional committees.
Instead, postings here will go beyond the obvious and examine, analyze and comment on implications of public policy, politics, the congressional legislative process and the workings federal agency bureaucracy.
I will call on the many sources to help provide key insights on issues, trends and people. You only get that from rubbing elbows in Washington -- thus the focus on providing a top-level "briefing" with each posting.
The second thing is that this blog will be based on principles of superior journalism (my master’s degree is from the Graduate School of Journalism at New York’s Columbia University). So if I assert something, it will be rooted in fact, accuracy and fairness. No aimless taking of sides here on partisan political issues or labor-industry skirmishes.
But make no mistake, I will offer ideas, thought leadership and perspective on the often contentious world of safety and health, but with a measured, even hand without tooting a whistle for one side or the other. I promise good writing, too, in my own imitable style.
It is my hope that you will come here often, place a bookmark and offer your comments. My postings generally will occur on Mondays and Thursdays, but look for my news when the events of day demand it.
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