rep wrote:I kind of took this out of order, and that is why i didn't just quote it...also, i have this really bad tendency to ramble when i'm trying to make a point and that point usually gets lost. this is long and if you need to use the bathroom, going now might be good for your long-term health.
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I know when Forum Comm towns such as Jamestown, Dickinson and Fargo need coverage at State Tourney--Minot--they'll each send a scribe. Does that make sound business sense? not at all.
Yes for the teams, players and fans its better to have your beat reporter covering the teams BUT it just doesnt make sense.
i think that because its better for the teams, players and fans, that makes it a better business decision. if one reporter was sent to state and was responsible for covering stories for fargo, jamestown and dickinson, he/she would have to basically write three stories, more than likely on deadline. while that is possible, it doesn't mean that the stories will be any more than an extended roundup. also, there is a pretty good chance that if a paper didn't follow its local kids, parents from that area team would never forgive the paper and let them never forget it. and if someone is being sent to cover something for the forum, there is always the chance that person would do only as much as possible to get by and the story would contain as little work as possible.
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My first thought on this. isn't journalism writing the facts? why should it matter if David Selvig wrote the story about Jamestown vs South for the Sun or Eric Peterson? should it matter?
In all honesty for the first round game of the EDC tourney how many of the 50k subscribers of the Forum even care? subtract MN, many WF, Fargo North, class b subscribers etc. It would seem the Forum or any other Forum Comm paper would be pandering to the vocal minority when the 'not enough coverage' complaints come in.
2nd on this topic:
Fans that care that much about the coverage were probably at the game.
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In all honesty I can't figure it out. A school board meeting in West Fargo will be covered by the West Fargo Pioneer and the Forum reporters.
Idon't understand the pioneer/forum thing. to me it seems like west fargo has a really strange complex about 'not being fargo' and i don't know anyone else in the area/state that cares. if i had to guess the pioneer probably has a good readership base or else they couldn't exist.
THING ABOUT THAT IS WEST FARGO IS A FORUM COMM NEWSPAPER. BEYOND THE SUN AND DICKINSON PRESS. I DOUBT MANY SUBSCRIBERS GET JUST THE PIONEER. MY POINT IS GOOD BUSINESS WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN THE PIONEER. NOT SENDING A REPORTER FROM THE FORUM AND THE PIONEER TO COVER THE WF VS FARGO SOUTH BB GAME. I'M NOT YELLING IN MY TYPING, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT RESPONES.
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