Comments on: Atlanta: A Visit of a Lifetime

By: Winnona Park Stud

Winnona Park Stud — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:08:32 +0000

Ah. So the AJC can slash salaried beat reporters from their ranks, and instead rely on folks like you, their unpaid and uncredited reporters, to unearth stories. Clever for now, but what will happen when readers migrate to the source – the bloggers and other on-line journalists – in lieu of the AJC?

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:45:56 +0000

Absolutely Stud. I saw Jamie’s post yesterday and very much appreciated the kind words and the quote. In addition to knowing that Jamie is more up on the etiquette of new media than most others at the AJC, the trend seems to be that they’ve determined that their blogs will follow blog “rules” while the newspaper follows the old newspaper “rules.” (Unless the blogger is a former journalist. Then they’ll make exceptions for the paper.)

They continue to pretend like newspapers and blogs are different entities, when both are just different formats of communication. “Journalism” can happen and appear anywhere, so there shouldn’t be rules of newspaper and rules of blogs, there should just be rules of journalism.

And while I understand that the formality of newspaper writing makes it difficult to put “Hey I got this tip off a blog! Check it out! in parentheses in your story, the AJC has been particularly dismissive of bloggers over the years. So, bloggers and other newspapers all over Atlanta are particularly offended when they see yet another occasion where the AJC has copped a story from another news source and doesn’t utter the words “first reported by”. That omission gives the impression that the AJC has its finger on the pulse, when in fact it just has a RSS reader like everybody else.

By: Winnona Park Stud

Winnona Park Stud — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:45:13 +0000

Check out the attribution and the quote from the AJC. Winnona Park Stud believes DM’s entreaties haven’t fallen on deaf ears:

“I noticed this list posted at Decatur Metro, along with the astute observation that Atlanta’s “‘must visit’ attributes really aren’t things you can buy tickets to, but must experience collectively.” So true.”

http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/2009/09/17/atlanta-a-national-geographic-traveler-place-of-a-lifetime/

By: Atlanta a National Geographic Traveler ‘Place of a Lifetime’ | Inside Access

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:33:34 +0000

[...] noticed this list posted at Decatur Metro, along with the astute observation that Atlanta’s “‘must visit’ attributes [...]

By: Brad Steel

Brad Steel — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:09:22 +0000

I smell a scandal. A judge must have been bribed.