There is one place where the Strib has room enough to
publish extensive local news: its website. I admit
everything has its price, but that is an idea to keep
in mind.
Dana Bacon
Page neighborhood
--- Ken & Karla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to Steve Brandt for his response and
> historical recap. I agree with
> Scott McGerik in being very interested in what's
> happening in all the cities
> and communities in and around Minneapolis.
>
> My question to Steve -- and the Stribune -- is, Why
> aren't more resources
> (i.e., people) devoted to finding and reporting
> local news? Why AREN'T
> there more of you?
>
> I participated in a focus group last Wednesday about
> TV political
> advertising. (Interestingly, the group, all from
> Mpls., included a retired
> Stribune reporter.) One of my comments was that the
> community papers such
> as the SW Journal do a better job of covering local
> news. I think everyone
> in the group agreed. The situation is a compliment
> to the community papers,
> but it's a really sad commentary on the Stribune.
> And it shouldn't be that
> way. Unfortunately, the other daily paper choice is
> even worse.
>
> -- Ken Bearman, King Field
> 11-1, 60B, HC 3, CD5
>
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