It appears to EyeonDare that the editors over on the Outer Banks Voice are having a hard time deciding whether they want to be recognized by their readers as a legitimate member of the NC Press Association,
a.k.a. an online newspaper, or a hybrid online newspaper/blog, or simply a local blog with paid advertising.
After a tumultuous day on the site, caused by the Voice's "What KDH would have argued in the Lowe's suit" story, written by co-editor Russ Lay, the site has quickly relegated that article down the page,
in favor of another, op-ed article written by one of Lay's College of the Albemarle economics students. It's a good article, however, the Voice (via Lay) has chosen to water it down by injecting an editorial request for readers to self-censor any comments they might want to offer about the story. Again, EOD has to ask, why can't Lay and the Voice get its foot out of its mouth?
If Lay and his co-editor, Rob Morris, want to write a blog, perhaps EyeonDare can offer some tutorial aide. But, if they want to write an online newspaper, they need to get themselves "on the stick", so to speak. All of which raises the question. "What is the criteria for the NC Press Association in accepting new members these days, anyway?" Peace.
"Blogging the Bog of Outer Banks Politics"
3 comments:
The OWS article from the COA student is far more informative than any op-ed the Voice has published in a good while. I wonder if Russ's background is a hindrance to his ability to accurately comment on what's happening these days, considering it's essentially rooted in the failure of orthodox economics as a predictive model.
If the economy suddenly got wonderful again, both Russ and Rob would likely go straight back to their original paying jobs.
But kudos to Rob for at least doing SOMEthing by channeling his talents as a career newsman into something viable, rather than sitting around moaning about losing his job.
OBV is surely no EOD, but the two together at least give us some sense of real local news!
I quit visiting their site a fews weeks back when they decided that almost the facts was the same thing as the facts. I too wonder what the NC Press Assoc. criteria are these days.
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