Chron reader rep addresses election coverage
Steve Jetton, the Chronicle's interim reader representative, posts a reader's criticism of the newspaper's election coverage thus far (specifically, coverage of the constitutional amendments), and then responds as follows:
The Chronicle has written numerous articles about the amendments, including this round-up by Austin Bureau Chief Clay Robison that appeared on Oct. 21 and which I e-mailed to this reader.
Dean Betz, Online Content Director, said the Chronicle is partnering with E The People to produce an online voters guide that should be up and running by early next week. It will be available on chron.com's Politics page.
Tony Freemantle, Metro Editor, said a package of advance election stories will run in print in the City/State section on the Sunday before election day. And of course the paper will have continuing coverage of ongoing developments in political races right up until Nov. 6.
The Chronicle's election coverage has been better this time around, which is a positive development. However, as noted in the comments of Jetton's blog, both Betz and Freemantle seemed to miss the reader's point. Early voting started last week. An online voter's guide or package of stories that appears just before next Tuesday isn't much help to people who vote early. The newspaper understandably needs to fill print space with election-related stories right up until the traditional election day, but an online voter's guide that doesn't precede early voting isn't much of an online voter's guide.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/29/07 08:11 AM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (1)
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