The first $10,000 Dart Award for Television News will be given in 2007 to
a single or series feature , report or documentary broadcast or cablecast in
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ISR, which annually surveys more than 1. Michael Sokol believes that
US companies can still reverse these trends and re-engage IT workers. Sokol.

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washington. ISR defines IT workers as professionals
who work within a company in the IT function and not necessarily for an IT
firm or high tech company.
The research company Gartner has projected that 30 percent of traditional
professional IT services jobs will be delivered from emerging markets by 2015. The firm's US National Norm is a database of survey responses
collected from more than 445,000 employees at 109 US companies.

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S.org) in May. "This
can be accomplished through a variety of means, first by providing clear
communication about how IT contributes to a company's success.

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The
$10,000 prize will honor the best single or series feature, report or
documentary broadcast in 2005.
Judges of the Dart Awards look for entries that go beyond the ordinary to
portray victims and survivors with accuracy, insight and sensitivity, Simpson
said , and to inform the public about ways individuals react to and cope with
emotional trauma. economy
continues to gain strength. Founded in
1974, ISR's solutions, including employee satisfaction surveys, help
organizations to improve employee engagement, retain key talent, increase
productivity , enhance customer satisfaction, and increase shareholder value.

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Gary Berger, Executive Director of
ISR . Second, by
showing a clear career path and making available the training and development
needed for IT workers to pursue that career.

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The 2004 Dart Award was presented to The Providence Journal for "Rape in a
Small Town," a story on the effects of the rape of a teenager on a small Rhode
Island community.
"These responses reflect the growing perception that companies view the IT
function primarily as a cost-center instead of as a source of innovation that
delivers a competitive advantage ," said Dr.

ISR leveraged two sources for its report data:
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Strong leaders are able to
accomplish this while maintaining career opportunities up and down the
organization, said Dr .

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SEATTLE, The first major awards for excellence in
radio and television reporting on victims of violence will be launched in 2006
and 2007, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma announced today.edu.

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What can a company do to maintain its competitive edge and keep its IT
employees fully engaged? ISR Project Director Dr.

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The awards are open to U.
"These radio and TV news awards continue a 12-year tradition of honoring
newspapers for excellence in reporting on victims of violence," said Roger
Simpson, executive director of the Dart Center and a University of Washington
associate professor of communication. Companies with strong workplace management cultures can offset the trend by
providing clear career opportunities for disaffected IT staffers

CHICAGO , ISR, a leading international employee
research and consulting firm, has uncovered new research that indicates
employment security concerns, perceived unreasonable workloads and job stress
are contributing to a growing discontentment among US IT workers and
increasing wanderlust among the sector's top performers.

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http://www.
Job stress is a problem for 51 percent of all US IT workers, which is
10 percent greater than reported by the overall US workforce, and 53 percent
say their workloads are excessive, compared to 39 percent of the US workforce.

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Entries for the Dart Award for Radio News will be accepted in January. Only 57 percent of US IT workers are sure they will continue to have
a job as long as they perform well.
Also supporting this notion is the ISR finding that 57 percent of IT
workers are worried about being laid off within the next year, compared to
47 percent of the US workforce. For more information, visit ISR's website ,
http://www.

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Journalism Awards to Honor Broadcast Reporting on Victims of Violence

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In comparison , 68 percent of the overall
US working population report confidence in keeping a job as long as they
perform well.com .

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ABOUT ISR
ISR is an international employee research and consulting firm.

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The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is a global network of
journalists, educators and health professionals dedicated to improving media
coverage of trauma , conflict and tragedy.5 million global employees and
more than 445,000 US employees, compared opinions on job stress and employment
security issues between a representative population of the US workforce to
those opinions of US-based IT workers. Even more troubling, just 33 percent of IT
workers are unworried about the consequences of a corporate reorganization. "As the trend of outsourcing continues to gain momentum and the tough
economic conditions of recent years continue to fade, it has created a perfect
storm that could lead to higher turnover among IT workers as the U.

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dartcenter .

Stress and Overwork Making US IT Workers Restless

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This year's Dart Award for Excellence in Newspaper Reporting on Victims of
Violence will be announced in early March and awarded on April 15 at the UW,
following a conference on "Tsunami Aftermath: Consequences for Journalism and
Reporting from the Region.
The ISR findings indicate that job stability is a growing concern among IT
workers ."
Other methods for maintaining a productive work-life balance, according to
the ISR findings , include the ability to promote a strong workplace management
culture.

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For more information , contact Dart Center administrator Meg Spratt at
(206) 616-3223 or mspratt@u.

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radio and TV networks , stations and cable
services.
In addition, ISR data shows that the number of IT workers that would
seriously consider leaving their company increased from 16 percent in 2004 to
25 percent in 2005."
The perception that IT jobs are at risk for outsourcing may also be
responsible for the steady decline in IT workers' belief that their employers
reward innovation, as this number has declined from 64 percent in 2001 to
46 percent in 2005.

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Details will be posted on the center 's Web site (dartcenter.S. This management culture is based on leaders who display
uncompromising integrity, set a clear direction for their organization and
communicate it through a variety of channels . The firm's US Information Technology Norm, a database of survey
responses collected from people who work inside companies in the IT
function and comprised of 57 different companies and more than 17,000
employees of those firms.
ISR has surveyed more than 35 million employees from more than 3,000 companies
in 106 countries.

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The center will present the first Dart Award for Radio News in 2006.

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