Comments on: Parking violations and parochial content http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/12/parking-violations-and-parochial-content/ online and digital journalism, newspaper video and digital media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By:   Parochial and popular - recipe for success? by andydickinson.net http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/12/parking-violations-and-parochial-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3649   Parochial and popular - recipe for success? by andydickinson.net Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:59:44 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/?p=695#comment-3649 [...] Hartley from the Manchester Evening News left a nice comment on my post about parking stories. We’ve had exactly the same experience this week with a story about police parking. [...] [...] Hartley from the Manchester Evening News left a nice comment on my post about parking stories. We’ve had exactly the same experience this week with a story about police parking. [...]

]]> By: Andy http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/12/parking-violations-and-parochial-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3648 Andy Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:04:18 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/?p=695#comment-3648 Nice story Sarah I agree, universal is a good phrase. I wasn't using parochial in a critical way of the story but perhaps its a good word to describe the way people look at local news. There is a temptation when talking about the web to interpret universal as big (global), emotional studies. The web is big so you have to think big. But this just proves that a good story may be right on your doorstep. It's one of those things I have to remind myself of everyday. Nice story Sarah

I agree, universal is a good phrase. I wasn’t using parochial in a critical way of the story but perhaps its a good word to describe the way people look at local news.

There is a temptation when talking about the web to interpret universal as big (global), emotional studies. The web is big so you have to think big. But this just proves that a good story may be right on your doorstep.

It’s one of those things I have to remind myself of everyday.

]]> By: Sarah Hartley http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/12/parking-violations-and-parochial-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3645 Sarah Hartley Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:19:33 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/?p=695#comment-3645 Hi Andy We've had exactly the same experience this week with a story about police parking. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1044659_double_yellow_stop_for_special_brunch_ More of a universal than parochial issue perhaps! Although most of the debate was around the police action, some strayed into the right's and wrong's of the "citizen journalist". This comment caught my eye: "2 x questions.... 1. Would the photographers be as keen to take picture of a robber attacking an innocent person in the street? 2.If they did, have the nerve to take the photo ... would the M.E.N. be as keen to put the picture on page 2?? " Hi Andy
We’ve had exactly the same experience this week with a story about police parking.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1044659_double_yellow_stop_for_special_brunch_
More of a universal than parochial issue perhaps!
Although most of the debate was around the police action, some strayed into the right’s and wrong’s of the “citizen journalist”.
This comment caught my eye: “2 x questions…. 1. Would the photographers be as keen to take picture of a robber attacking an innocent person in the street? 2.If they did, have the nerve to take the photo … would the M.E.N. be as keen to put the picture on page 2?? “

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