Comments on: Honest to god, THIS makes the local paper … http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Sat, 18 May 2013 06:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-498 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:11:23 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-498 I’m all for good news … bowling greens, cat rescues, the lot … but I have to say this was NOT good reporting! They didn’t give the colour or name of the cat! My cats were quite horrified by this! ;o)

]]> By: bluwren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-497 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:15:58 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-497 When I was the editor of a community paper, one of the things readers often said to me was that they wanted to see GOOD news in the paper rather than bad. So I tried for a mix each week — cat rescues, dog parties and cute kids to balance the car accidents, wildfires and local crime.

Actually, it’s FUN to cover things like rescuing cats from trees. Everyone laughs and feels good when they read those articles.

]]> By: Helen http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-496 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:46:33 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/honest-to-god-this-makes-the-local-paper/#comment-496 Ha! That’s great.

My hometown once printed a story, on the front page, about new grass seed at the lawn bowling green.

I live in a city now, but I can’t wait to get back to somewhere rural like that.

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