What could you have done differently? Folks seem t...

2007-12-16T03:21:00.000-05:00

What could you have done differently? Folks seem to think that reporters have access to high-level, super-top-secret double-black-belt classified information that ordinary people don't. Not true. You can only go by what "ordinary people" tell you. And, as a result, judging by this tale, the paper ought to be full of a lot more colorful metaphors than it currently is.

I've often though that, just as police run "citizens' police academies," newspapers ought to run "readers' journalism classes," giving folks a hands-on introduction to the who, what, when, where, why, how and so what of what reporters, editors and photographers do. Might help to reduce some of the ill will out there once they see that journalists aren't scum, just "ordinary people" trying to do a very tough job that impacts so many other people.

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What could you have done differently? Folks seem t...