With the change in job description of jounralists many are now required to do many more tasks besides researching and writing a good story. Some need to shoot video and photos or produce podcasts and keep blogs. One thing that I just recently found the value in is readers comments and journalists responding to their work.
One writer I follow on NY Times is Tara Parker-Pope who writes the wellness blog. This summer she signed up for the NYC marathon and in five months went from couch to marathon. I saw myself in her as I am doing the same thing this January and followed her blog. Now I find myself at a point in my training where I’m nervous about finishing 26 miles and I look to others success for motivation. Today in my feeds I saw her post about her experiance with the marathon this past weekend.
And I did something I never have done before, I left a comment on a news story. Even better Tara Parker-Pope wrote back to me! It is nice to see journalists being there to follow up on their work to clear up misunderstandings and answer questions. This is something that I would never have experienced 10 years ago. Maybe I caught an error or a story really rubbed me the wrong way I may have written a letter to the editor and maybe it would have been published and responded too. Maybe.
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