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Originally Posted by Mark Vierthaler  Monster -
Who have you been speaking with? Although it certainly isn't my place to speak on behalf of the Globe, that doesn't sound like anyone on the news side.
Although we're consistently criticized on here — which is fine, considering we shouldn't be above reproach — a large part of what we cover depends on readers sending us information.
I haven't heard anything about the child born on Leap Day (which is surprising considering we were actually looking for a Leap Day feature) and the same goes with your dart successes.
Although we probably wouldn't have been able to devote a whole story considering our sports department consists of one person currently, we definitely would have printed a courtesy photo along with some basic information.
So, I am curious whom specifically you spoke to so we can sit down and figure out what is going on. I spoke with each of the people on the news side today and they all said they haven’t received a phone call regarding your two story ideas.
And that’s not just for Monster. If you hear something, I would encourage you to let us know. Unfortunately, reporters don’t have an innate “news sense” that tingles when something newsworthy happens.
And as for why we covered “Ask Vinnie,” Jeff Mooradian called us and let us know that
1) They were participating
2) That they won.
Again, I do apologize if you’ve had a negative experience with the Globe.
Looking forward to your response. |
An email was sent to
dcnews@dodgeglobe.com on 03/13/2008, I still have it. I also called a couple of days after that, but I don't know who I spoke to (it was a male). I was told I would be called back if the paper decided to do something about the story. During the call, I offered to write the article (a couple of hundred words max) and supply a photo.
I think it's too late now, the event itself was 6 weeks ago.