I find Kate Parry's questions genuine. I just find them misinformed. Steve Brandt did a terrific job covering neighborhood news for a long time. Then all of a sudden he got put on school reporting and it appears no one was specifically assigned to cover neighborhood news. Maybe Steve can clarify what happened here. Maybe there is actually someone at the strib who is supposed to be doing that. It's a shame because I agree the strib and the mainline news media do nothing more than drive by journalism. O.K. the strib and PP are a little more in depth. And it is always focused on the neighborhoods worst moments. Light a candle, throw a vigil, call Spike and the cameras are there. Shoot someone, rob a store and they come running. Amelia and Dennis have another important news story to tell. The stories that keep everyone believing the inner-city is a place and should be avoided. What about stories about kids who aren't doing anything wrong? They are doing well in school, not getting in trouble and making their parents proud. What about the parents that are raising good kids and working their rears off just to make it by? What about the everyday people who just live there? Who may have lived there for years and years. Yes, they live in the inner-city and there are a lot of them. But, you wouldn't know that because the only ones you hear about are shooting someone, robbing someone or selling drugs. Occasionally there is a story about the one who did all that and is now in recovery. But, where are the stories about the people who never do any of that. The ones who just struggle to get by every day and try to keep from getting caught in the cross fire. What about the businesses starting to pop up on the northside? The Best Steak House, the coffee shop, the fact that Target got replaced by a Cub. Is a renaissance happening on Broadway? I hear there is but we don't find out about that in the strib or on the mainline news. Yes the strib needs to assign a neighborhood reporter again. Maybe there is one and I am just missing the boat here. Don't know but I am willing to admit I am wrong if I am. If there is I would like to see stories about something other than the crime that happens in these neighborhoods or forget it. Who needs that kind of attention? They don't. Barb Lickness Whittier
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