[Scan-DC] "Shuttle Bus" wreck on 95

[Doug Kitchener]

I don't agree at all.  How much trouble is it to put one more sentence in the article that tells the location?  How about a reader in Montana who used to live in the DC area?  That's fair.  Ed is correct, and I stand by my original statement.  This is poor writing and the AP does it all the time.

Whatever happened to "who, what, when, where, why, and how"?

DK


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> From: William Nicholson <wfnicholson at gmail.com>
>To: Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net> 
>Cc: Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>; Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 1:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] "Shuttle Bus" wreck on 95
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>To be fair, that was an AP story, if I recall. It was meant for a broader audience. The details of the exact location on I-95 would have meant nothing to readers outside of the area. On the other hand, the Washington Post, WTOP, etc., would be rightfully criticized for not including that information. If this is the same Ed Tobias I knew of, we worked at the same wire service, in difference places and in different jobs.
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>On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:
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>That's a problem with a lot of writing, from various news sources, these days.  They'll report that something happened in Montgomery County, for example, but they won't say where. Or, report a fire on Rockville Pike without a cross street.  They're not thinking "what does the reader/listener/viewer want to know about the story?"
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>>Ed
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>>Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Mar 23, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Lousy writing... article doesn't say _where_ on 95 - anyone know?
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>>> http://my.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20140323/fc285872-1ddf-4322-a578-d4e0ad4a665f