Comments on: It’s NOT good enough – UPDATED http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/ Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Yoni Greenbaum http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Yoni Greenbaum Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/#comment-64 Mark - That is a valid point and I should have made it clear that the coverage I was referring to (and looking for) was in addition to the general wire story about the assassination. Mark – That is a valid point and I should have made it clear that the coverage I was referring to (and looking for) was in addition to the general wire story about the assassination.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Mark Dykeman Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:02:25 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/#comment-63 On the other hand, wouldn't it have made sense to start with general coverage of the event, to spread some base knowledge via AP, before bringing in the local perspective? I don't know much about print journalism, but... On the other hand, wouldn’t it have made sense to start with general coverage of the event, to spread some base knowledge via AP, before bringing in the local perspective?

I don’t know much about print journalism, but…

]]> By: Ryan http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Ryan Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20071228/its-not-good-enough/#comment-62 It's not much, but take a look what we did with what little resources we had in connection with Bhutto's assassination. Right now our newsroom is in a lot of flux, but that doesn't mean we can't do things like this even if they aren't perfect (Most often they are not.) But it at least gets us in the game. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/122707bhutto/index.html Granted, we also ran wire as out main story but with at least two accompanying stories from our newsroom. Patrick Garrity, out metro editor, did a nice job finding what little local connections there were to the event. Front page today: www.burlingtonfreepress.com It’s not much, but take a look what we did with what little resources we had in connection with Bhutto’s assassination. Right now our newsroom is in a lot of flux, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do things like this even if they aren’t perfect (Most often they are not.) But it at least gets us in the game.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/122707bhutto/index.html

Granted, we also ran wire as out main story but with at least two accompanying stories from our newsroom. Patrick Garrity, out metro editor, did a nice job finding what little local connections there were to the event.
Front page today:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com

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