Newsletter
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Any Aggie fans want to sell 2 tickets to the KU game?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I made the mistake of waiting too long to try to buy tickets to the KU-Texas A&M game March 8 in College Station. I'm used to watching KU play on the road at the University of Colorado, where attendance typically ...
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Chewing over Girl Scout cookies and ethics
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
In the spirit of transparency, I share this memo sent to the newsroom staff earlier today: --------------------------------------------- Our ethics board adopted this week a new policy governing gifts and conflicts of interest. After surveying other newspapers' policies, we adapted ours ...
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Why a death might not be front-page news
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Some online readers questioned our decision to put the death of Dale Pigott on B1 instead of A1 Monday. Any news judgment is open to second-guessing, but we opted against front-page coverage during our daily news meeting Monday afternoon. Almost immediately, ...
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Ron Paul supporter criticizes Advocate
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
A Ron Paul supporter criticized the Advocate's coverage in a recent e-mail to reporter Rebecca Holm. I figure others may share the concern, so I've posted the note below. My response follows. ------------------------------------------- Your closing comment was "Representative Ron Paul ...
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Always keep in mind the dangers of the road
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Our reporters and photographers travel a lot of miles each day, and I'm thankful each time they return safely. We cover enough crashes to know how dangerous driving can be. I laughed when I heard Ranging Reporter Sonny Long was ...
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We took the unusual step of deleting quite a few comments this morning
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We took the unusual step today of deleting a variety of off-topic comments from an article. Our philosophy in moderating this forum is to use a light touch and let the online community police itself. In this case, a variety ...
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We can use your help covering bus crash
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We have reporters and photographers at the scene of this morning's fatal bush crash and at the two local hospitals. We have others working the phone. We want to encourage anyone with information about the crash to contact us either ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Some readers have noticed our Ranging Reporters, our new effort to take the fullest advantage of what technology allows us to do. In many ways, Ranging Reporters are a throwback. The idea is as old as reporting: Go where the people ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We were pleased this week to learn the Advocate's Web site is a finalist for a Newspaper Association of America's Digital Edge Award. As I mentioned in a previous post, we have all of you to thank for the national attention ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
The big turnout for the Howell Middle School Christmas pageant impressed me Tuesday night at the Welder Center. Family members packed every one of the 482 seats in the hall. Such events remind me a lot of good things happen ...