Wanted: Vigorous reporting...
“Good local reporting costs money and flourishes only in a newsroom with a climate of editorial vigor and independence, as well as a tradition of seeking significant news no matter whom it may displease. Often the better the local reporting, the more criticism it will attract; significant news is controversial.”
—Kenneth Macdonald (1908-2004), longtime editor, the Des Moines Register
On This Day . . .
. . . In 1898, Spain refused the U.S. demand to leave Cuba and declared war on the United States.
. . . In 1792, French Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composed “La Marseillaise.”
. . . In 1800, the Library of Congress was created.
. . . In 1968, protesting Columbia University students began a week-long occupation of campus buildings.
. . . In 1962, MIT scientists achieved the first satellite TV signal relay, between California and Massachusetts.
. . . In 1980, President Jimmy Carter ordered an attempted rescue of American hostages in Tehran; eight servicemen died.
. . . In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in cermonies at the Vatican.
Birthdays:
74 . . . Shirley MacLaine, actress
66 . . . Richard M. Daley, Chicago mayor
66 . . . Barbra Streisand, singer
63 . . . Doug Clifford, rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
31 . . . Carlos Beltran, baseball player
26 . . . Kelly Clarkson, singer
• Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), writer and first U.S. poet laureate
• St. Vincent De Paul (1581-1660), French clergyman
• Robert Bailey Thomas (1766-1846), American publisher of "Old Farmer's Almanac"
• Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), English novelist
• Henri-Philippe Petain (1856-1951), general and head of French Vichy government
• William Joyce (1906-1946), English propagandist for Germany during World War II (aka Lord Haw Haw)
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Maybe I am biased because I am friends with the city editor of the HJ, but I think that the HJ does as a good a job with local news in this town as is possible. You got Mormons saying they are a left wing tool; and, the left wing says they are an arm of the LDS propaganda machine. For the limited budget they have in a town where nothing happens, they do a good job. Passion and vigor!
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