SoCal editors, reporters discuss approach to news
Posted by Simon Day on August 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Last week many of the most influential editors and reporters from the Southern Californian region came together to discuss the economic future of the newspaper industry at a PRSA-LA and LA Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored media workshop, according to a press released posted by PRWeb.
While the professed end of the recession was in dispute, the editorial panelists spoke in unison on the two approaches to business content making the news, saying "e-mail pitches are best" for PR pros, and that they "do accept news releases," according to the release. Those gathered also said they believed diversity to be important when putting a paper together.
While the professed end of the recession was in dispute, the editorial panelists spoke in unison on the two approaches to business content making the news, saying "e-mail pitches are best" for PR pros, and that they "do accept news releases," according to the release. Those gathered also said they believed diversity to be important when putting a paper together.
Breaking news remains the major perceived drawing card for newspapers, according to those assembled. The Los Angeles Times has two reporters solely assigned to writing breaking news every morning, and the workload has become more difficult, as reporters generally write two different versions of a story - one for the Web, the other for print, said the Times Business Editor John Corrigan.
Los Angeles Daily News Business Editor Greg Wilcox explained that industry changes, caused by difficult financial times, have caused the paper's format to change.
On the actual existence of a "glimmer of hope" for the economy, American Banker reporter Kate Berry said she's was skeptical, believing things will decline further before getting any better. "Sources from the mortgage industry and banking dispute that. The next big story is how all the banks are going to take the losses on foreclosures coming down the road. If you add up the loss for each foreclosure, they would then have to go back to the government for another bailout," she said, according to PRWeb.
Los Angeles Daily News Business Editor Greg Wilcox explained that industry changes, caused by difficult financial times, have caused the paper's format to change.
On the actual existence of a "glimmer of hope" for the economy, American Banker reporter Kate Berry said she's was skeptical, believing things will decline further before getting any better. "Sources from the mortgage industry and banking dispute that. The next big story is how all the banks are going to take the losses on foreclosures coming down the road. If you add up the loss for each foreclosure, they would then have to go back to the government for another bailout," she said, according to PRWeb.
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