Get me rewrite!
It was a crazy news night, which is the way we like it. The organized planner in us doesn't much care for it, but the newshound does.
It's coming; it's not. They're armed; they're not. It's like Nov. 3, 1979; it's not. It's coming to another place; it's not. At 6 p.m. last night we knew the Minuteman rally had been called off, but we went to the last known rally point anyway, just on a hunch. News happened. Joe Killian tells about tracking the elusive, ever-changing story. (Somehow we need to figure out how to get this sort of story in this sort of form into the paper, but that's a different post.)
Then came "American Idol." I don't know that "America stood stunned" when Chris Daughtry of McLeansville was booted, as FOX8's ticker proclaimed this morning, but it did surprise us. (Video report here.)
Mix in some aggravating computer-related problems within our publishing system that caused some pages to crash, and you had an eventful night. (I wasn't even here, a fact I'm sure the night folks appreciate.)
You know things are screwy when the one thing you can rely on is the State Legislature getting done on time!
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Evolving stories like last night's Minuteman rally are another good reason for folks to read blogs! Local bloggers were following this story in real time on Ed's blog.
Find more local blogs here.
Peace, CM :)
Posted on May 11, 2006 6:16 PM
Well, sorta, CM. Ed refers to our coverage yesterday and into the night he had the event cancelled, which was officially correct....but of course the "rally" occurred anyway, as is reflected in the comments. And much of that came from our reporter on the scene, Joe Killian.
Posted on May 11, 2006 9:11 PM
Well, yeah, that was pretty much my point. Blogs allow for an evolving and participatory dialogue, unlike traditional news stories. Ed started the conversation and Joe and another blogger who were at the rally contributed their stories, and other bloggers joined in to talk about it. FYI, Ed has three active threads right now on the Minutemen issue alone. And that's just his blog. There are other blogs and other issues. Which just makes my point, again, that blogs are a good (and often real-time) source for local news. But you know that already, JR. :)
Posted on May 11, 2006 11:23 PM
I am impressed with Joe's work on this story, JR. He was thorough, fair and insightful. Obviously management at your paper is to be commended for having the sense to make such a good hire.
Posted on May 12, 2006 10:28 AM