Back from some R&R. I hope you all had a nice T-day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday etc. etc. ...
One of the amazing things about journalism and the new world order is how stories get picked up and repackaged for different audiences, often outside the control of the creators, and how information flows and finds its own level.
Two quick examples. First, last week, during one of the most bizarre news weeks leading up to the Feast of the Turkey, we ran a story about a dowry dispute involving an Indian woman who was injuried in a car wreck in Yadkin County and originally taken to WFUBMC. It has been a major story in the Indian press, and our inboxes were flooded with folks offering up their real and imagined expertise on all things dowry-related.
Second was our exclusive on RJR deciding to drop its print advertising—at least for a year. We pursued and reported this piece as a straightforward cost/benefit business piece, but it has been picked up in the fashion press, playing off the whole Camel No. 9 deal.
If you go to that Jezebel site, click on the other big smoking news there, showing Amy Winehouse picking up a smoke off the street.
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