Im skeptical, but hoping to see better from ACT. You also said you’d have more watchdog and accountability reporting. After this restructuring, you’re saying your papers will do more of that? Unquestionably. I hope everybody does—Gannett, not Gannett. I can’t say this enough: That’s our path to the future. To me the future is not about low-hanging fruit and, you know, click-bait’s a trendy word, but click-bait-style headlines … we can do that and we could grow pageviews tomorrow. That’s not what I’m in the game for. I want to make a difference in our community. I know the other editors who have embarked on this project, too, have done that. In fact some of the positions that we’ve allocated, or re-allocated, it’s been painful, but that’s why we’ve had to do this, is to add a dedicated watchdog position. In a newsroom Asheville’s size that is not necessarily a common thing. We’re also upping to a full-time political reporter in Asheville that we were never able to do before. We’ve always had sort of a government accountability beat, but we’re taking a few other things off that plate so that person can focus more on it. And to wind up in a newsroom, even though we have to go through some painful contraction, but a newsroom that comes out on the other side with that trio alone—watchdog reporter, a government accountability reporter and a regional politics reporter—that’s what we need to do and I’m thrilled to be a part of that. - See more at: cjr.org/united_states_project/gannetts_changes_bring_excitement_some_pain_and_a_full-time_beer_beat.php?page=2#sthash.mHW4Estb.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:01:39 +0000
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