Thoughts on the Sentinel Article
Well the article on 'Polk Bloggers' was published this morning in the Sentinel. Chuck has some thoughts, and here are a few from me in a different format: Winners & Losers.
Winner: Polk County - yeah we had something written about us in the Sentinel that doesn't mention naked people on crack and alligators.
Loser: Polk County - blogs are great for rural areas...yep that's us.
Loser: Billy Townsend and the Tampa Tribune - I told the reporter my discovery of the CSX rail-traffic re-route was done in conjunction with Billy and the Trib. No mention of that.
Loser: Me - nice misquote: "many people consider themselves citizen journalists" I said "some people" big difference.
Loser: News Chief - the standard trend of papers outside of Winter Haven covering CSX more.
Loser: Joy Townsend - the story almost seems formulaic, bloggers vs somebody else. Unfortunately for Joy she was cast in the part with her single-line quote. It's always nice when you talk to a reporter for 20 minutes and they choose one line.
Winner: Conversation - more people talking and aware of blogs/local issues, etc.
Comments
I am sure we all gave the reporter more than they gave her space to print. Joy Townsend understands the press well enough to craft a sound bite. If she didn't believe that falderal she could have simply not said it.
Yes, there is a tiny bit more discussion about blogging. However, I don't believe that small piece will get much notice by Sentinal print readers.
It's going to have to be up to Polk bloggers to continue to extend their hands into the Orlando area to meet the bloggers there.
Posted by: Chuck Welch | April 3, 2008 02:22 PM