OBSERVATION
Here's evidence that The Middletown Eye can have some influence on the issues of the city. We received an email from Lee Godburn who allowed us to reprint it in the Eye. As a result, a reporter from the Middletown Press, Sloan Brewster, did a follow-up report on the lease of Harbor Park. Her informative article was the front cover story of the Middletown Press today.
Speaking of local news writing, Middletown also made the front page of the Hartford Courant today with a story about the gash in Maromas and the new Kleen Energy Plant.
Ed McKeon is a writer, filmmaker and radio show host (WWUH, WESU) who lives in Middletown's Village District.
I am so glad to see this blog! There are so many POSITIVE things that go on in Middletown that fail to reach the papers. Earlier this spring I dealt with local CT papers trying to get coverage for a charitable event that involved local a elementary school and the collection of 8,000 cans of food for CT food pantries. No small feat! I emailed, faxed, and made phone calls weeks in advance and was told that "We (said paper(s)) don't cover that "stuff"." We did get a photo & caption and were very grateful, but the hoops that had to be jumped through were huge. It seemed that every contact I made passed me on to someone else, until of course time ran out. While the news stations allowed posting on their websites, and did live coverage, the papers' tactfulness left a lot to be desired. Maybe next year!
ReplyDeleteI applaud this blog- a step in the right direction!