tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post1789991534472919899..comments2023-11-11T03:34:32.826-05:00Comments on HoCo Hayduke: My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn...Haydukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09770056537577811703noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-37104251414743431322008-08-23T03:24:00.000-04:002008-08-23T03:24:00.000-04:00Why bother covering Howard County news? Even when ...Why bother covering Howard County news? Even when we have a CE who lies to its citizens about his experience, we still elect him because he is a Dem. <BR/><BR/>We get the press coverage we deserve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-77196570005565255362008-08-05T08:52:00.000-04:002008-08-05T08:52:00.000-04:00I agree with Jon Stewart's comment on investigativ...I agree with Jon Stewart's comment on investigative reporting:<BR/><BR/>Woodward and Bernstein cracked the Watergate scandal and then investigative reporters took the next millenium off work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-10241211246181098122008-08-04T12:54:00.000-04:002008-08-04T12:54:00.000-04:00Sorry, but I forgot to add a comment regarding his...Sorry, but I forgot to add a comment regarding history being repeated in every article. Yes, it can get boring reading through all that stuff over and over again, but it is a standard in journalism to do that - one always has to assume someone is reading it for the first time. New people moving into the area would be lost without background information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-29733688971046984272008-08-04T12:29:00.000-04:002008-08-04T12:29:00.000-04:00Hayduke, I knew you did not mean to blame reporter...Hayduke, I knew you did not mean to blame reporters, but I know others do. My comment on that was for those folks. I wonder if local business, governments are taking note of what is happening in the world of journalism. If you ask me, it seems they would be delighted - without investigative reporters keeping tabs of them. Plenty of national news on TV, but local coverage - well, I don't know. When newspapers disappear, I think the public will realize just how much they relied on them. <BR/><BR/>No, I do not watch The Wire. I will look for it this coming year though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-78971053242746609632008-07-29T19:06:00.000-04:002008-07-29T19:06:00.000-04:00Anon 1:14: I don't mean to blame the reporters at ...Anon 1:14: I don't mean to blame the reporters at all, and if it came off that way in the post or my comment, it was a failure on my part to clearly convey my thoughts. The only reason I mentioned Larry Carson's name at all was for sake of the broader example. <BR/><BR/>The problems with newspapers are systemic and broader than any individual paper, and they are most likely exacerbated by a shift away from local ownership. <BR/><BR/>Just out of curiousity, do you watch <I>The Wire</I> and if so what did you think of the last season? Not that what I'm getting at here is directly influenced by David Simon's take on newspapers today, but it's all connected, as they say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-30585174975502035272008-07-29T13:14:00.000-04:002008-07-29T13:14:00.000-04:00Don't blame the reporters at The Sun - this is all...Don't blame the reporters at The Sun - this is all the doing of Tribune and of course, the idiot Zell.<BR/>Morale at the paper is at an all time low, and the feeling is that Tribune will be bankrupt in a year, leaving Baltimore without The Sun. Believe me, I speak from painful experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-18372432882719864102008-07-26T10:26:00.000-04:002008-07-26T10:26:00.000-04:00In the last six months or so, the Sun has started ...In the last six months or so, the Sun has started tagging stories by topic, but, frankly, they're efforts are kind of lame. Here, for instance, are the tags used on the recent story about the Tower: "Local Authority, WCI Communities Incorporated, Court Administration." Really?<BR/><BR/>This kind of gets to something I was thinking about after I posted this last night. Why bother writing entirely new articles for ongoing stories like the Tower? Seriously, does Larry Carson need to devote 500 words to back story every time he files another article? Why not just tell us what the most recent news is for a particular topic (and include some new quotes from the major players) and then link back to the previous stories? The notion that you have to continue to provide background information in every story you write is a relic of the old print world. <BR/><BR/>Those who are interested in the Tower issue know the background of it. We know the players. We know how it relates to the the Downtown master planning process. Sure, maybe we occasionally forget one of the lesser bits of information about the story, but for the most part, we're only interested in the latest developments. The rest is a part of our individual and collective consciousness. Rewriting this just takes up the reporter's time for what, the handful of readers who just now took an interest in this subject? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the newspapers of tomorrow resemble a cross between wikipedia, blogs and twitter. Individual stories about a particular issue are aggregated into a main overarching, Wikipedia-like entry (maybe with a timeline) about the topic, which is updated as it develops. These updates, depending on newsworthiness, could be short and newsy (Twitter) or a bit longer with some additional context and perspective on how it relates to the larger story (Blogs).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-73331324521845540732008-07-26T10:02:00.000-04:002008-07-26T10:02:00.000-04:00I've noticed a lack of local coverage in the Post ...I've noticed a lack of local coverage in the Post lately, too. During a chat with a Post photographer, I found out the two Howard County reporters took a buyout and haven't been replaced yet. A while back, the Post closed its Columbia location and consolidated in Annapolis. So for the time being, Anne Arundel County reporters are covering Howard when something comes up. They have been using lots of photos to eat up space, as far as I can tell.grammarmavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549329802181128698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-17573929179848373922008-07-26T09:18:00.000-04:002008-07-26T09:18:00.000-04:00I once sent an e-mail to the editor of the Baltimo...I once sent an e-mail to the editor of the Baltimore Sun suggesting an improvement. I suggested that, for the online Letters to the Editor section, if a letter was sent in response to an article or editorial that a link should be provided to the article or editorial that the letter was in response to. I received a reply. The reply was something like “Interesting suggestion. But news men do want to admit that the internet exists.” No links have appeared in the Letter to the Editor section.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com