It’s 2006. Let’s end the game now.
Well, that was a short-lived, fresh start for 2006.
Being in the online sector of the newspaper business, it constantly turns my stomach to read of either dishonesty or lack of transparency.
It’s 2006 and we are at it again.
I haven’t been closely following the law behind NSA eavesdropping nor the issues involving the NY Times failure to disclose information in a timely manner.
It could very well be that either have done nothing wrong.
So, what’s my problem?
Can’t we get the fact that nothing but being completely open in this day and age will reek of impropriety?
This doesn’t only address issues of Constitutional rights.
If you can’t send a photographer to a field hockey game because of staff reductions, mention it, or expect that readers will think you felt the picture of the Hot Dog Eating contest was more important. (They didn’t pay attention that it was submitted)
Here is the point.
Be part of the community, not above it.
That doesn’t mean revealing sources. Your sources don’t expect you to reveal them to other Newsroom employees either.
All conversations inside your organization should be fully open to your readers because the conversations will find their way out in any case.
Do we need to tattoo “CLUETRAIN” on our asses till we really embrace it, or are we going to continue to say “yeah, yeah, Blogs. . I get it” for another year.
C’Mon!!!