Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sept. 16 and 17

The Cal is scooping the PE left and right this week. Rani Gupta ran a story about criticism of the registrar’s election process. Finally, the PE had something in today’s paper. The PE seems to be scrambling and chasing other papers. Then again, that happens when a staffer leaves the paper and no one immediately steps in to cover that area.
Here is the PE’s follow
Here is the Cal’s story.

Rani Gupta has been running circles around the PE in education coverage. I’m sure it stems from Claudia Bustamante leaving but the PE is missing important stories. Here is one that Gupta has been following closely: the formation of a lacrosse team.

Murrieta is implementing a new economic development plan. Sure sounds like the same plan that has been in place for years.

Meanwhile, new Murrieta reporter Julissa McKinnon decided her first story would be about hotel taxes. Please don’t become the next Burgin Ms. McKinnon. This isn’t and wasn’t the most exciting thing happening at that meeting.

Jeff Horseman did a story on how much it will cost to protect our lovely hillsides.

Good community reporting on this little turf war going on in Menifee. Cathy Redfern does a good job of unearthing these gems.

Aaron Claverie and Aaron Burgin thought it was the perfect time to bore readers with their planning commission coverage of the general plan. There are better ways to cover a city and this is not the way.

Mr. Burgin also did a recap story previewing the week to come. He had a chance to use this piece for an analysis piece but it read like a quick, thrown together news story story.

At the UT Tanya Sierra wrote a story about the City Manager of Chula Vista getting canned for visiting Pam Anderson Web Sites. She puts it in context by stating the city spent a lot of money and time to hire this guy.

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