http://gregorykorte.com/2010/03/07/my-problem-with-media-criticism/ Analog storytelling. Digital precision. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gregorykorte.com/2010/03/07/my-problem-with-media-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Newspaper archives and the ‘Google fallacy’ : Gregory Korte Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:19:49 +0000 http://gregorykorte.com/?p=243#comment-258 [...] over my newspaper’s coverage of a certain issue. They claimed we had failed to cover it when, as I demonstrated in a prior blog post, we had written at least 30 stories about it over the past [...] [...] over my newspaper’s coverage of a certain issue. They claimed we had failed to cover it when, as I demonstrated in a prior blog post, we had written at least 30 stories about it over the past [...]

]]> http://gregorykorte.com/2010/03/07/my-problem-with-media-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Steve Link Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:53:21 +0000 http://gregorykorte.com/?p=243#comment-255 Agree, agree, agree. Nicely done! Agree, agree, agree. Nicely done!

]]> http://gregorykorte.com/2010/03/07/my-problem-with-media-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Rosalind E. Fultz Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:33:48 +0000 http://gregorykorte.com/?p=243#comment-252 Greg: This is a brilliant website. I would expect no less from you. I always found you to be fair and balanced. You are a reporter who truly goes after the real story. Your website's historical record of Enquirer reporting that was done on the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation should be used by taxpayers, current city council members and current City of Cincinnati administration and staff responsible for CEC oversight; current and past members of the CEC board and staff; Cincinnati empowerment zone neighborhood residents like me, and HUD to refresh memories and hold the appropriate people and entities accountable. There is a lot of blame to go around. The critcism from Bronson and Kaufman may have been based on their perceived missed opportunies to editorialize about the CEC, but that does not justify a criticism from them that the Enquirer was MIA on this unfolding story. That was not my memory and I appreciate your effort to provide an objective resource for anyone who is interested, to get back in touch with reality. I hope that all of the different entities; groups of people and individuals I mentioned earlier, assemble locally and outside of City Hall for a communtiy wide conversation to assess the failures and accomplishments of CEC, both real and imagined. The objective of my suggestion--perhaps it could be done at the Freedom Center and co-convened by HUD, Mr. Cleveland, the executive director of CEC, City Manager Milton Dohoney, John Pepper and you--is to move forward with a cost-effective and results-oriented approach to creating jobs; growing small businesses and revitalizing the neighborhoods in the empowerment zone. I also believe that HUD Clinton Administration officials who were in charge of the Empowerment Zone program launch all over the country must also participate for appropriate perspective. Cincinnati is not alone in having experienced empowerment zone program difficulties, but there may be examples of other local efforts from which we could learn. My additional concern is that if the local close-out of the CEC fails to comprehensively engage citizens in fully understanding what happened, not only will the same mistake be made; but we risk a destructive, high profile local controversy about the status of $130 billion in bonds and a potential shift of poverty program leadership from City of Cincinnati government to Hamilton County government. This is a storm on the horizon. I refuse to take sides until I educate myself more about the issue. Greg: This is a brilliant website. I would expect no less from you. I always found you to be fair and balanced. You are a reporter who truly goes after the real story. Your website’s historical record of Enquirer reporting that was done on the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation should be used by taxpayers, current city council members and current City of Cincinnati administration and staff responsible for CEC oversight; current and past members of the CEC board and staff; Cincinnati empowerment zone neighborhood residents like me, and HUD to refresh memories and hold the appropriate people and entities accountable. There is a lot of blame to go around. The critcism from Bronson and Kaufman may have been based on their perceived missed opportunies to editorialize about the CEC, but that does not justify a criticism from them that the Enquirer was MIA on this unfolding story. That was not my memory and I appreciate your effort to provide an objective resource for anyone who is interested, to get back in touch with reality.
I hope that all of the different entities; groups of people and individuals I mentioned earlier, assemble locally and outside of City Hall for a communtiy wide conversation to assess the failures and accomplishments of CEC, both real and imagined. The objective of my suggestion–perhaps it could be done at the Freedom Center and co-convened by HUD, Mr. Cleveland, the executive director of CEC, City Manager Milton Dohoney, John Pepper and you–is to move forward with a cost-effective and results-oriented approach to creating jobs; growing small businesses and revitalizing the neighborhoods in the empowerment zone. I also believe that HUD Clinton Administration officials who were in charge of the Empowerment Zone program launch all over the country must also participate for appropriate perspective. Cincinnati is not alone in having experienced empowerment zone program difficulties, but there may be examples of other local efforts from which we could learn. My additional concern is that if the local close-out of the CEC fails to comprehensively engage citizens in fully understanding what happened, not only will the same mistake be made; but we risk a destructive, high profile local controversy about the status of $130 billion in bonds and a potential shift of poverty program leadership from City of Cincinnati government to Hamilton County government. This is a storm on the horizon. I refuse to take sides until I educate myself more about the issue.

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