To “Anonymous,” who asked about the newspaper’s business coverage: The Telegraph has a business reporter in the Macon office, and it has a reporter in the Houston office who covers business and other topics. I wish we had third business reporter, but we work with what we have.
Reporter Linda Morris knows her way around the business community in Macon, but she has to prioritize her time. In Houston County, Wayne Crenshaw writes about growth and other business-related issues, but he also covers government meetings on occasion. Overall, we aim for daily business stories while trying to find time for longer enterprise and trend pieces. Linda is working on such a story now, but she has to work on that story even as she handles daily assignments.
We sometimes pull in other reporters to cover business. For instance, Heather Duncan, who writes about the environment as well as special projects, wrote a package of stories last year about the financial challenges facing the Medical Center of Central Georgia.
If you have a specific story you’d like to see us report, send it my way.
My Apologies
I was on vacation last week. I was out of the office much of this week with the editorial board interviewing political candidates. I should have posted a note that I would be on vacation. I had hoped to blog at least a few times while I was gone. No such luck.
That was last week. I’m back and waiting to hear from you.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Business coverage drought?
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9 comments:
Thanks for the info.
Isn't it Wayne Crenshaw? and David Cranshaw?
Is Linda Morris really a full-time Telegraph employee? A look at the "business section" each week reveals perhaps two bylines a week, and somtimes just one (not counting briefs) ... If that's the kind of output that's expected, what a cushy gig she has
Seems like the Telegraph offers less and less investigative reporting, almost nothing in the Sunday paper, just festivals and happy news.
To anonymous from Oct. 19:
Yes, it is Wayne Crenshaw. Ouch! And thank you.
To anonymous from Oct. 22:
We certainly expect our staff to be productive, and byline counts are certainly a key measure of productivity. But the number of bylines doesn't tell the full story of a reporter's work habits and efforts.
One week, a reporter may have two bylines and another week he may have six. If a reporter is working on a longer-term story or project -- versus a spot-news story -- she may have no byline on a given week.
It also may be too easy to underestimate the time that can be required to produce a 3-4 column-inch news brief. A brief can take minutes to write, or it can be the result of hours of work if it involves accessing records or getting a particular source to return a call.
Reporters also can spend time chasing news tips that look solid only to conclude that there is no story. It doesn't happen every day, but it does happen.
To Poindexter:
It is an increasing challenge to balance the need for spot news and daily assignments with the need for enterprise and investigative reporting. In a year with local elections, the challenge becomes tougher.
Still, we know that investigative and watchdog journalism are critically important to our success.
We have a few strong pieces in the works right now, and I hope we can shore up our efforts in the next year. Meanwhile, send me an e-mail if you have an idea or a news tip that might make a good story.
Next summer, assuming we still have outdoor water restrictions (which no doubt we will), I'd like to see the Telegraph take photos of residences where sprinklers are going during the banned hours and post them online.
>Is Linda Morris really a full-time Telegraph employee? A look at the "business section" each week reveals perhaps two bylines a week, and somtimes just one (not counting briefs) ... If that's the kind of output that's expected, what a cushy gig she has<
She's rude, too.
Anonymous we'd love to see you try to hack it at the Telegraph for a week. Writing for a daily isn't as simple as this blogging you do here.
Anonymous from Oct. 25...sounds like you are a disgruntled current or previous employee...quite possibly one that was also rude, based on your comments.
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