I hope that you have had time to read the first two parts of our five-part series, The Murders at Grassy Creek.
It’s an incredible tale of true crime and lives colliding. The multimedia is very impressive and moving. Monte Mitchell, our NW reporter, is especially gifted at pulling these sorts of stories out of folks, and he understands the mountain communities better than anyone.
In many newspapers, the word series has become a dirty word. The idea is that readers are too pressed for time and too self-absorbed with YouTube videos of dancing monkeys and the like to want to devote scarce time to reading a long story, elegantly displayed over several days.
We disagree. We think there is still a place for this sort of journalism and that it still matters to the heart and soul of our readership. That said, there are strains and costs for doing these involved pieces. We pass on other stories or write less about them. It’s not a perfect world or one of endless resouces. But the way I look at it is: You can get information anywhere and everywhere. But news and stories like this, they’re in the paper.
Market watch: A friend sent this story to me, about the stock-market gyrations and the verbs that financial writers love to use.
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