My daily posting on the Register have dwindled (mainly from a 10 day vacation where I didn’t see a single copy of the paper). So I thought I would try more a weekly round-up.
Over-Reported Story
Terri Schiavo – while this was a fun soap opera and makes for lively opinion pages, it’s hardly newsworthy. I was happy that the Register only dedicated 2 front-page stories to this. That seems about right.
Under-Reported Story
Polk County Jail – an issue that affects people here and we got to have our say about it (unlike anything Terri Schiavo related). Yet, the Register dedicated only 1 front-page story to it – and that was for the vote results. They did cover the pending vote on Monday on the cover of the Metro & Iowa section – but they could have put a little blurb somewhere on the A section. They can afford space to show a blurb about the IowaLife TiVo article on 1A on Tuesday but they can’t mention that people should go vote?
Best Feature Stories
The coverage in the suburbs section of local artists appearing in the 2005 Des Moines Art Festival. These were great pieces profiling local artists – too bad they weren’t written by an actual Register writer. More proof that the Register is lacking in features writing.