I think the coverage of land use and transportation is generally
spotty and superficial in the local daily papers.
They're complex and important issues of our times, but there's no
reporter assigned to, say, really figure out and explain the
mysteries of the state transportation budget. Where's the land use/
transportation desk? Might some space be spared from the sports
section? Entertainment?
Coverage seems to occur most often in the opinion pages.
I've written to the Cap Times about this and have also requested a
bicycling and/or transit column to balance out Click and Clack and
the car reviews. (I love Dar's new column on Dane 101, but why not
something in the regular paper?)
No response on the land use/transportation coverage and regarding the
car columns, was told those items are part of the advertising
operation. (So maybe the local bike manufacturers could go in
together to purchase their own bike section and column? Even if it's
just one page rather than several?)
Some of my emails to the Cap Times have admittedly been a little hot-
headed, though. Maybe somebody cooler-headed would get more of a
response.
Bridget/B.C.
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