![]() It’s more about how little newspapers can charge for online advertisements, in comparison to color print ads in the actual paper. It’s not as much about subscription rates going down. But the reason newspapers don’t make money like they used to might surprise you. I don’t need to highlight the financial struggles the newspaper industry has found itself in. At the core of the news hole is the investigative, inquisitive, journalism that our democracy thrives on.īut that kind of writing is extremely expensive and time consuming. That’s the shrinking of the “News Hole”, the amount of space in a newspaper after the advertisements and fluff pieces have been situated. Though it’s fairly common place and acceptable to criticize some of the qualities of our local newspaper, the Racine Journal Times suffers from a much larger problem that is destroying journalism in our country. I’ve lived in Racine for the entirety of my existence. It’s incredibly frustrating to read your stories, and know that some of the information is simply wrong.Īfter thought to my letter to the Journal Times (Or an overly simplistic look at why newspapers don’t work like they used to, and what we can do about it): Investigate the numbers, dig a little deeper and expose people’s lies or half-truths. You need to objectively capture every detail you can about any story, in a way that lets a reader decide for themselves what to think and believe. It takes more than just reporting what someone tells you to craft a strong story. I was a print and broadcast journalism major at UW-Milwaukee. It’s astounding that you published this article without talking to anyone who could give expert evaluation and criticism to some of Belle TV’s work. I could go on with other legitimate critiques. Interview questions are incredibly soft and repetitive. The camera shots are often shaky, and aren’t white balanced. They often frame interview subjects poorly, without any natural “looking space”. They consistently shoot interviews with a window in the background, leading to a ton of issues with their lighting. RACINE JOURNAL TIMES TVI have worked professionally as a videographer for four years, and can critique a variety of things Belle TV has struggled with. It’d be nice to hear that side of the story, rather than have it be ignored. Because of that, we never got the kind of upgrades to equipment or staff hours that we needed. We were always told to stay under an operating budget of $80,000, with the other $26,000 in a separate account that our manager was never able to freely spend. Our spending power was never $106,000 as you suggest in your story. You owe the citizens of Racine better than that.įor example, I worked at CAR 25 for almost three years prior to the outsourcing of the channel. You don’t even present a view point outside of the narrative Belle TV has given you. There’s no quote from any of the old CAR 25 staff, members of the community, or aldermen. Although you make the minor effort of getting two different people to quote, they work for the same company (Skies Fall) and represent almost identical viewpoints. Unfortunately, I have to complain today about your article discussing the re-branding of Racine’s cable access channel. I’m a long time consumer of the Racine Journal Times, and fully understand the challenges of a small paper asked to do more with less. Here’s a link to the story, and also his submitted commentary, enjoy! This commentary was sent in to us by a former employee of The City Of Racine, in regards to an article written about CAR25/BelleTV, by the Racine Journal Times. ![]()
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