Today's Joplin Globe features a well-written page one report from investigative writer Max McCoy on efforts being made by the Missouri National Guard and local groups to help in Louisiana and other areas affected by Katrina, as well as a strong sidebar from Derek Spellman revisiting the tornado that brought devastation to Carl Junction in May 2003.
Those two articles, combined with Jeff Lehr's story on the search for a teen who has been missing since 1992, and Melissa DeLoach's article on finding jobs for Crowder College foreign exchange students made today's Globe one of the most readable editions in a long time.
More often than not, the newspaper fails to live up to its promise. Today was not one of those days. I am sure area readers will appreciate the effort and anticipate further coverage by McCoy on the relief effort.
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A certain TV person also went down there.
What TV Person went down there?
After reading the article, I didn't see much that was all that impressive or original. News you can get from nearly any national outlet. Sending someone to have a presence doesn't mean that it's a good idea.
Tiffany Alaniz is down there.
I was not aware that Ms. Alaniz was in Louisiana. As I have said before, I have had little opportunity to see the local news for the past couple of weeks with school activities and band practices. This is a good move for KSN and a good move for Ms. Alaniz. I will try to start taping a few segments if I am not at home.
Alaniz is back. She was there for 5 days and did phoners and sent back daily stories. said tonight on the 5 that they will have stories tonight and tomorrow as well that she brought back from Louisiana. seemed like she was about to cry tonight at the end of the 5 talking with Bandy about all of the hurricane victims she met and interviewed. not sure but her voice seemed shaky.
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