1. Welcome to SportsJournalists.com, a friendly forum for discussing all things sports and journalism.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register for a free account to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Access to private conversations with other members.
    • Fewer ads.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

Amazing for what now passes as "news"

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Readallover, Aug 25, 2020.

Page 1 of 5
  1. Readallover

    Readallover Active Member

    Readallover, Aug 25, 2020
    #1
  2. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    I put things like that in the paper 30 years ago.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 25, 2020
    #2
    Col. Nathan R. Jessup likes this.
  3. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    I suspect the first newspaper ever printed was filled with stuff like that.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Aug 25, 2020
    #3
    RonClements likes this.
  4. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Last place I worked at, townfolks worked really hard to get an In-and-Out Burger even though it fell just under the population threshhold. When it finally opened, Good Morning America showed up.

    EDIT: Adds link, just for the YGBFKM crowd.
    In-N-Out opens in Hanford | ABC11 Raleigh-Durham | abc11.com
     
    HanSenSE, Aug 25, 2020
    #4
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    When a CFA opened years ago near my rural bureau, it was big news. I was also there every darned day.
     
    playthrough, Aug 25, 2020
    #5
    SportsGuyBCK likes this.
  6. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    I feel like we've had this exact same topic and conversation within the past six months... Fuck, its probably every six months.

    ETA: Found it. Anyway... Weird if the opening of a Chick-fil-A makes A1 in anything but a really local paper, but it does annoy me when editors have the opposite extreme stance. If the opening of Business X is the biggest god damn thing of the week in Podunk, well, you hold your nose and you write about it.
     
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2020
    sgreenwell, Aug 25, 2020
    #6
    Tech Trojan, Matt Stephens, FileNotFound and 1 other person like this.
  7. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Not that long ago, I worked with a guy who pulled a Disney press release off PR Newswire and used it to fill a hole on A3. We didn't have much use for the guy, who was a weasel anyway, so we let it marinate there long enough that the boss later came around and asked why that hole opened back up so late on A3.

    Good times.
     
    Slacker, Aug 25, 2020
    #7
    HanSenSE likes this.
  8. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    It might merit a business brief. I wouldn't blow out A1 over it. I don't see the big deal.
     
    Twirling Time, Aug 25, 2020
    #8
    sgreenwell likes this.
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    The JV jousters worked just as hard and deserved coverage.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Aug 25, 2020
    #9
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo likes this.
  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    How much advertising did Chick-fil-A buy? Oh, right, none.
     
    wicked, Aug 25, 2020
    #10
  11. Col. Nathan R. Jessup

    Col. Nathan R. Jessup Member

    Mock it all you want, but that story is guaranteed to be one of the most-read on damn near any website, any given day.
     
    Col. Nathan R. Jessup, Aug 25, 2020
    #11
    bpoindexter, reformedhack, ChadFelter and 1 other person like this.
  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Seriously. When a new store opens they give away free food for a year to the first 2o customers or something like that, so there's usually a college kid who camped out for three days and will be an easy story to write.
     
    playthrough, Aug 25, 2020
    #12
Page 1 of 5
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page