In 2000, Gary Rosenblatt of "The Jewish Week" wrote a story on Lanner entitled "Stolen Innocence," where he detailed Lanner's misconduct and how he was able to keep it from being published thus far. Lanner resigned the day after it was published, and the story later won an award for "meritorious journalism." He argued later that year that the Orthodox community had failed to deal with Lanner properly, and argued that NCSY workers often put the ends above means, sometimes with insufficient regard to the family dynamic or the alienation of teens from their parents. It also sometimes tends to a charismatic quality.