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September 7th, 2006, 01:59 AM
Did you happen to notice that "Marla Toncray - Staff Writer (http://maysville-online.com/articles/2006/09/06/lifestyles/731%20mexican%20food.txt)" has returned to writing for the Ledger.
A great story on Mexican food was the first article I noticed.
I like Marla a lot and wish her well, but some people have a problem with newspapers hiring local government employees as writers.
She joins Lisa Dunbar who also is a great writer and local government employee.
As a famous writer (http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7830218) once said "At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account".
Some people I have talked to would like to see our local newspaper have a little more distance from our local government.
There was a lot of explaining done when the newspaper stayed downtown, but we all bought into the separation of journalism ethics and government.
Abandoning the pretense of objectivity does not mean abandoning the journalist's most important obligation, which is factual accuracy (http://www.slate.com/).
Maybe old school newspapers are a thing of the past, and they have grown up to be entertainment magazines.
But the ink still smells just as good as it did 50 years ago.
.
A great story on Mexican food was the first article I noticed.
I like Marla a lot and wish her well, but some people have a problem with newspapers hiring local government employees as writers.
She joins Lisa Dunbar who also is a great writer and local government employee.
As a famous writer (http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7830218) once said "At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account".
Some people I have talked to would like to see our local newspaper have a little more distance from our local government.
There was a lot of explaining done when the newspaper stayed downtown, but we all bought into the separation of journalism ethics and government.
Abandoning the pretense of objectivity does not mean abandoning the journalist's most important obligation, which is factual accuracy (http://www.slate.com/).
Maybe old school newspapers are a thing of the past, and they have grown up to be entertainment magazines.
But the ink still smells just as good as it did 50 years ago.
.