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...events must be covered in a paltry 150 words or so. Many papers have shifted to civic, or public, journalism, an increasingly popular but controversial editorial policy in which newspapers attempt to respond more closely to the needs and interests of the communities they cover, using focus groups and reader polls. "To the extent that public journalism weans reporters from political insiders and forces them to talk to ordinary people, it's an incredibly healthy development," says Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. "But you can push it too far and become a player instead of a chronicler...
Shawn C. Zeller '97 is The Crimson's reader representative, or ombudsperson. He may be reached by e-mail at szeller@fas.harvard.edu or at home at 493-2490. He is not a Crimson editor, and his opinions are his alone...
...break in the text, as if an earth-shattering meeting, or story-changing event is about to take place. The next paragraph contains a description of the old man as a "cloud of gray," even elaborating on the kind of cloth his clothes are made of. The reader is set up to believe the old man will have an impact on the history of these women when in fact he is gone by the next page, never to be mentioned again, without having contributed more than a word to her life...
...marry for money and not love, she lives a life of unfulfilled dreams. Yet even her story, as written, is unfulfilling. We meet the rich man she marries, but there are only a few sentences about the man she truly loves. Her life isn't fully developed, leaving the reader wanting to know more...
...picture seems prepared: "all in mid-pose, some with smiles that look more like grimaces, some with mouths wide open, others with eyes shut." There are just too many faces, seen too briefly. The central story is marred by anecdotes that do not contribute to the reader's knowledge or understanding of how these women got to be where they are. Too many little pinholes let in too much light, and obscure what could be an interesting journey into awareness and acceptance between generations and cultures...