A Call That Should Have Been Made- March 25, 2007 Good journalism, thankfully, does not have to have a seal of government approval in this country, but that doesn't mean Post reporting shouldn't include what officials say concerning actions by their agency. Talking to all sides is one of journalism's basic rules.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... What Riled Readers Last Week- March 18, 2007 Three topics dominated recent mail -- the lack of coverage of an address by Jordan's King Abdullah to a joint session of Congress, an op-ed piece on Iraq by Robert Kagan and the Justice Department's firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Liberal bloggers seemed to be driving the complaints about the Kagan op-ed, and conservative bloggers, the comments about coverage of the firings.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... The Long and Short of Story Length- March 11, 2007 How long should a newspaper story be Long enough to tell readers what they want to know, short enough not to waste their time and thorough enough not to leave them wanting.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... A Powerful Story at Walter Reed- March 4, 2007 "The Other Walter Reed" series broke news -- and readers' hearts as well. The reporting of the dreadful conditions suffered by wounded Iraq war veterans brought a stream of praise -- even from the paper's frequent critics.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/25/LI2005032500838_xml/~3/24... |