Posts tagged Cat:press

  • DC Examiner closing local section; will you miss it?

    In what might be her last big scoop as an Examiner reporter, Kytja Weir announced on Twitter that the paper is closing its local section. Losing their hardworking team of reporters will be a big blow to the depth of local coverage, but I won’t miss the times its clear anti-bicycle, anti-transit, pro-AAA editorial viewpoint warped ostensibly-objective news stories. The…  Keep reading…

  • The worst mainstream local articles of 2009

    Yesterday, I highlighted reporters from the mainstream media who did a particularly good job of educating the public on urban issues in 2009. Most of the time, the mainstream press either provides good coverage of local issues, or fills the rest of the space with fairly bland stuff that repeats press releases or each other’s articles. But every so often there is a real…  Keep reading…

  • Our favorite mainstream local reporters of 2009

    You read about transportation from Greater Greater Washington and other blogs, but most residents of the Greater Washington area still learn about traffic and transit from the “mainstream media” of print, TV and radio. That means the quality and balance of reporting in these media outlets matters a great deal. Good reporters find out details that they can’t…  Keep reading…

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