A shift in power

[KJIM]

Here's a related one:

My local paper today ran a feature story on a 77-year-old who's headed to the senior olympics, which are in Houston this weekend.

The writer added a list of the rest of the participants.

Well, my mom is competing, and her name wasn't listed. Basically the paper listed the male participants.

Not a clue where the writer got the list, but because he wrote definitively that the names he gave were the only ones participating, he created an error and should correct it.

It's one thing to write gamers and not work in everyone (although, for the OP, I cannot imagine the story where I got in 11 names), but to list participants and omit someone is a bit different.

 

[SoCalDude]

Our prep editor had a rare treat many years ago.
A guy from a local bar came in to get us to do a feature on a runner that the bar sponsored in this event they used to have in the High Sierras. Truthfully, it was a grueling event, something like a 100-mile cross-country foot race through mountainous, wilderness areas.
The bar was local, but the runner wasn't local and the event wasn't local.
The guy from the bar says, "And our guy almost finished it."
Prep editor looks up and says, "My Mom DID finish it and we're not doing a feature on her."

 

[MTM]

Gator, was an error made, such as the kid scoring a goal and his name not being mentioned, or was it just an omission, such as "great defense was played by Jimmy, Kyle and Dirk"?

If it was the latter, there's no correction to be made because nothing was incorrect.

I would have told the parent I'd get his kid's name the next time if warranted.

 

[Turtle Wexler]

Our prep editor had a rare treat many years ago.
A guy from a local bar came in to get us to do a feature on a runner that the bar sponsored in this event they used to have in the High Sierras. Truthfully, it was a grueling event, something like a 100-mile cross-country foot race through mountainous, wilderness areas.
The bar was local, but the runner wasn't local and the event wasn't local.
The guy from the bar says, "And our guy almost finished it."
Prep editor looks up and says, "My Mom DID finish it and we're not doing a feature on her."

That is fantastic. Rare treat, indeed.

 

[RedCanuck]

Today, when they pick up the paper, that reader will be happy. So I'll feel pretty good about my job. That's much easier than answering an email from the EE about why this guy is calling to ***** at her.

Yes, that one reader will be happy, but what about the four other readers that look at the column and say either a) I read this yesterday, or b) this is awfully dated, and they aren't satisfied they're getting new content?

I know the type of submission you're talking about, they usually try to get all the kids in no matter what, and you either run them or you don't. For quality, I wouldn't, but in some cases it is easy copy.

 

[Stitch]

Here's a related one:

My local paper today ran a feature story on a 77-year-old who's headed to the senior olympics, which are in Houston this weekend.

The writer added a list of the rest of the participants.

Well, my mom is competing, and her name wasn't listed. Basically the paper listed the male participants.

Not a clue where the writer got the list, but because he wrote definitively that the names he gave were the only ones participating, he created an error and should correct it.

It's one thing to write gamers and not work in everyone (although, for the OP, I cannot imagine the story where I got in 11 names), but to list participants and omit someone is a bit different.

You should storm into the office and cry.

 

[KJIM]

Here's a related one:

My local paper today ran a feature story on a 77-year-old who's headed to the senior olympics, which are in Houston this weekend.

The writer added a list of the rest of the participants.

Well, my mom is competing, and her name wasn't listed. Basically the paper listed the male participants.

Not a clue where the writer got the list, but because he wrote definitively that the names he gave were the only ones participating, he created an error and should correct it.

It's one thing to write gamers and not work in everyone (although, for the OP, I cannot imagine the story where I got in 11 names), but to list participants and omit someone is a bit different.

You should storm into the office and cry.

Why?

 

[Stitch]

Here's a related one:

My local paper today ran a feature story on a 77-year-old who's headed to the senior olympics, which are in Houston this weekend.

The writer added a list of the rest of the participants.

Well, my mom is competing, and her name wasn't listed. Basically the paper listed the male participants.

Not a clue where the writer got the list, but because he wrote definitively that the names he gave were the only ones participating, he created an error and should correct it.

It's one thing to write gamers and not work in everyone (although, for the OP, I cannot imagine the story where I got in 11 names), but to list participants and omit someone is a bit different.

You should storm into the office and cry.

Why?

Because that's what some readers do when the paper forgets to include their kid.

 

[KJIM]

Because that's what some readers do when the paper forgets to include their kid.

So you don't understand the difference between not listing someone in a game story and listing what is purported to be "all" and leaving someone out?

 

[Stitch]

Because that's what some readers do when the paper forgets to include their kid.

So you don't understand the difference between not listing someone in a game story and listing what is purported to be "all" and leaving someone out?

I'm not going to get my panties in a twist over it, even if it were my kid or parent.