[RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve

Fri Feb 27 15:49:35 UTC 2009

Could we get Bruce a free obit in the Gazette?

In a message dated 2/27/2009 10:42:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bruce.wernek at mindspring.com writes:

I just croaked. 
Bruce

-----Original  Message----- 
From: lisagrob at verizon.net 
Sent: Feb 27, 2009 10:32 AM  
To: ns_faye at yahoo.com 
Cc: thebee32 at aol.com,  towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the  list serve 

The reporter in question was asked by one person that we  know of not to 
cover this topic out of concern for the rooster. However, the  reporter contacted 
me off list and offline for a quote on the story. I  didn't raise any concerns 
about the coverage and told her my story. I don't  know of anyone else that 
expressed this issue.

And, there seems to be a huge diversity of reactions to  the rooster - from 
it should be turned into code enforcement, to it should  be protected from code 
enforcement.

Incidentally, I haven't seen or heard from the rooster  since before the 
article was printed so he may have already moved on to  greener pastures literally 
or figuratively.

Lisa

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at  5:09 PM, Nina Faye  wrote:

Maya, I think the point of the complaints pertains to the  reporter being 
asked not to discuss an "illegal" bird that has become part  of the neighborhood. 
 Printing the information showed a lack of  sensitivity to community desires, 
code enforcement issues, and community  culture.  It is understandable to 
troll for stories, but it is also  understandable that there would be backlash 
when "lines" are crossed.   By the way, we used to stay at a bed and breakfast 
in a very upscale area of  Philadelphia near Fairmount Park, where the 
neighbors had pet  chickens.  The neighborhood loved those chickens, and we enjoyed 
them  as well.  I have also read articles about chickens in Seattle.   When the 
topic came up on the HOPE list, a number of people commented that  there was 
only an unpleasant smell when they were not properly cared  for--just like  dog 
poop and litter boxes.  Nina  

--- On Thu, 2/26/09, thebee32 at aol.com  <thebee32 at aol.com> wrote: 
From: thebee32 at aol.com <thebee32 at aol.com>  
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Reporters on the list serve  
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 3:39 PM  

So, as a former Gazette reporter who  covered your town, I decided to stay 
out of this conversation. But  considering it's been about a week of people 
complaining about Ms. Izadi's  use of TownTalk to find story ideas, I decided to 
add my 2 cents.  

Like many people have said, TownTalk is  a public forum and completely 
searchable via quick Internet search. Check  out your former posts, by month, going 
back to August 2005 here:  http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/. 
Anything that is written on  here completely public. If you don't like the idea of 
anyone with an  Internet connection being able to know your thoughts on any 
given topic,  don't post it on the Internet. It's that simple. 

I can say I haven't read the rooster  article, but I do know how many 
articles I've written after getting the idea  from the list serve - articles that 
many of you TownTalkers raved about and  linked to on this list  serve. How else 
do you think we would know  about open houses, international nights, mosaic 
murals at Riverdale  Elementary school, or different events at the Farmers 
Market or Riversdale,  or the Riverdale Railfans? It's rare that we get an e-mail 
directly asking  us to cover something, yet these are all things that I was 
personally  thanked for writing - things I learned of on TownTalk 

While I understand some of you might be  upset about the one rooster article, 
think about the numerous articles the  Gazette has written over the years to 
highlight the exciting things that  happen in your town before you call for a 
boycott of a paper whose entire  purpose is to feature the things that happen 
in your community. Think about  what you can read in the Gazette about 
Riverdale Park as opposed to the  extremely negative stories that are usually the 
only ones to get picked up  by the bigger papers - such as those two  incidents 
in the department  of public works that happened over the past few years that I 
know we'd all  like to forget  
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601652_pf.html  and  h
ttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301540_pf.html).  

Just my 2 cents, written from the  perspective of someone who thoroughly 
enjoyed covering your town and is  saddened by the response I've seen over the 
past week. 

-- 
Maya T. Prabhu  
Quintana St., Riverdale Heights  

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