http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/26/what-do-readers-really-want-from-their-newspapers Comments On: What Do Readers Really Want from Their Newspapers? by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
You mean that "news cycle" whereby they repeat the same meme....er, story, 24 hours a day, as in if it's Tuesday it's gun control all 24/7.....if it's Thursday it's the "fiscal cliff" 24/7....

I mean, isn't all that entertainment stuff on NPR news, after all?????

Just what exactly is this Seattle Times anyway? I'm only familiar with news publications.....like the Rolling Stone and Hustler magazines.
Posted by sgt_doom]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:48:51 -0800 The Stranger The Seattle Times????

Now that is news to the rest of us.........
Posted by sgt_doom]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:46:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by mikethehammer]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:07:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phil H]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:54:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by 1971]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:42:28 -0800 The Stranger Times ever need it.

But your budget stories? Need more bullet points. And tables. And charts. And graphs. Seriously. They're complex stories, and writing walls of paragraphs is not the most effective way to communicate them. I know that makes me sound like an anti-intellectual, but it's the gods-honest truth.

Budget stories are crucial. Please make it your new year's resolution to report them more effectively, which means more visually.
Posted by TVDinner]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:00:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dbgill56]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:35:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by avocado]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:50:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:26:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by avocado]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:42:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by emor]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:38:51 -0800 The Stranger seattletimes.com, Goldy, not the the top ten stories in the Seattle Times. I know you knew that, but would rather make some kind of point that be accurate.
Posted by avocado]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:35:09 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by david]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:03:57 -0800 The Stranger "The reporter takes on a dramatic tone in her voice and wastes a lot of time with human interest details before getting to the point."

Yes. If the subject of the story is not 100% clear in the first 5 seconds then they've failed.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:42:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:38:00 -0800 The Stranger
Anyway, this is the stuff that people like and so not many are going to have the patience for actual information.
Posted by lauramae]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:31:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Reader01]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:50:26 -0800 The Stranger
...and _this_ is news?

No, seriously, the people who complain about the dearth of "real" news in the news should not be surprised that they are outnumbered by those more interested in consuming something less complicated.

Wanting to have wonkery make the most popular stories, is like the state champion chess team, wanting to be the homecoming game, rather than the mediocre football team. Sure, it makes a certain kind of sense, but misses the overall reality completely.
Posted by A 100 Round People Magazine]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:50:05 -0800 The Stranger
A good day on Slog has Mudede telling a story about growing up or discussing art, Goldy covering local politics, and Savage writing about life and sex.

A bad day on Slog has Mudede covering economics, Goldy covering nuclear damage, and Savage doing TV show recaps.
Posted by eclexia]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:44:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sir Vic]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:43:02 -0800 The Stranger
Isn't that Microsoft's new logo?
Posted by rainbird]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:42:04 -0800 The Stranger
If you wanted to really judge the popularity of a story, you would have to add up the accumulated hits of many articles across the larger narrative. For example, how many different stories did Romney's "47%" gaff get packed into? How would the accumulated hits off all these stories compare to the new MS logo?
Posted by eclexia]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:38:30 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by cracked]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:37:40 -0800 The Stranger
I just don't want to see Stranger writers complaining that the media won't cover something. Because the Stranger is the media. So write about the crap that they think needs covering.
Posted by King Rat]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:26:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Michael H.]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:19:43 -0800 The Stranger