At 09:00 AM 11/11/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Kenton,
>
>I didn't listen to NWPR election night, but I turned it on first thing
>Wednesday morning. After listening to a couple of local news cycles and
>only hearing about congressional races--no local results--I called the
>station. I was told they didn't know who had won county commissioner,
>sheriff, etc. because it hadn't come over the AP wire. KRPL wasn't any
>better--no local results were reported Wednesday a.m. until 7 a.m. (I don't
>get a newspaper until I get to town in the morning.)
>
>Lois
>
>At 12:00 PM 11/8/96 MST, Kenton Bird wrote:
>>John and Visionaries,
>>
>>Although I couldn't be there in person to listen, I'm still curious: How did
>>NWPR cover the elections? Did they take your suggestions to heart? Or did
>they
>>respond the same way they did to your valid criticism of the dismal
>coverage of
>>the floods last February ("The staff is too small to cover news" and "It
takes
>>too much time to supervise student interns.")?
>>
>>And how do Visionaries assess the Daily News' coverage of the election
>under new
>>editor Mark Trahant?
>>--Kenton
>>
>>
>>Kenton Bird
>>Department of Journalism
>>and Technical Communication
>>Colorado State University
>>Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
>>Phone: (970) 491-5986 Fax: (970) 491-2908
>>e-mail: KBird@vines.ColoState.edu
>>
>>
>
>
>
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