AP picks up Joplin Daily exclusive

Though it is still early in its existence, the fact remains that it is difficult to recall any particular hard news story written in the Joplin Daily.
That changed late this week with the publication of the Daily's interview with the mother of the Memorial Middle School shooter. Reporter Michelle Pippin's exclusive, in which the woman says her son was a victim of bullying, was picked up by Associated Press and marks the first time, at least that I can recall, that a Daily story has escaped the confines of Joplin.
Hopefully, it is a sign for things to come. Nothing would be better for Joplin readers than to have an energized (if woefully understaffed) news outlet to challenge the Globe and perhaps to wake that slumbering giant and bring about even more solid journalism.