Can Alternative Weeklies Cover "Hard News"?
By AAN Staff
october 24, 2002 09:55 am
Washington City Paper hasn't covered the
D.C. area sniper attacks -- not one word,
a decision Washington City Paper
Editor Eric Wemple tells Philadelphia
Weekly's Steve Volk he agonizes about
every day. "We are in no position to
do" hard news, especially outside
the District, Wemple tells Volk. Even
though he can post breaking news on the
paper's Web site, he says "readers
aren't trained to go to our Web
site for a 34-car pileup on the
Beltway."