I don't speak for the Star Tribune, and I rarely cover crime news, but I agree with Dave Stack's point that neighborhoods should be named consistently in crime news. I believe that those who cover crime news believe that too, but they're human and they sometimes fail to do so, especially when they're up against a deadline. I did a search of stories so far this year using the word "shooting" as the search criterion. Eliminating the basketball stories, I found seven Minneapolis shootings that we covered on a spot basis this year, not including follow-up coverage. Here's a summary of the dates of stories about the shootings, whether neighborhood names and sections of the city were identified:
2-27 south Minneapolis listed York Avenue listed Neighborhood NOT listed (Linden Hills) 2-24/22 south Minneapolis listed Bloomington Av. Bancroft listed 2-23 Area NOT listed (south Minneapolis) Lake St. Phillips listed 2-20 north Minneapolis listed Golden Valley Road Willard-Hay listed 2-02 south Minneapolis listed Columbus-Chicago at Lake St. Neighborhood NOT listed (Phillips or Central both possibilities from available info) 1-12-/13 south Minneapolis listed 29th and Bloomington Neighborhood NOT listed (Phillips) 1-4 north Minneapolis listed 22nd Av. N. Hawthorne neighborhood listed So there you have it. A middle-class neighborhood wasn't listed once and poor neighborhoods weren't listed twice. If there's a conspiracy here to name only certain neighborhoods, no one's let me in on it yet. Steve Brandt Kingfield Where hoops are shot more often than people _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
