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

[William Nicholson]

We can agree to disagree.


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
> >________________________________
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >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?"
> >>
> >>Ed
> >>
> >>Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Mar 23, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Lousy writing... article doesn't say _where_ on 95 - anyone know?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://my.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20140323/fc285872-1ddf-4322-a578-d4e0ad4a665f
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