Reporter once jailed for refusing to disclose source dies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jim Taricani (teh-ruh-KAH’-nee), an award-winning TV reporter who exposed corruption and served a federal sentence for refusing to disclose a source, has died. He was 69.
His friend, Dyana Koelsch (kelsh), says in a statement that Taricani died at home on Friday. She didn’t list the cause.
Taricani, a Connecticut native, covered Rhode Island for 40 years, 32 of them at WJAR-TV.
He was convicted in 2004 of criminal contempt for refusing to reveal the sour