Just an objective observation, but it seems to me that new N&R editor Jeff Gauger is getting off to a bit of rough start here in G’boro.
Gauger’s first column took heat not only for its ‘patronizing hokum seed’ but for the failure to make it accessible ‘to most of its potential audience.’
Now in his most recent blog post, Gauger apologizes for publishing too little on the Trayvon Martin case. I realize Gauger is reacting to reader comments, but let’s be real here —if you’re reading this blog you probably feel the same way —- the N&R is the last place I’m going to turn for updates on that tragic situation. The story is simply moving too fast for a daily print newspaper; and while talk radio, cable news and blogs are all over the story, my media outlet of choice for updates is –you guessed it—Twitter.
Surely Gauger ‘got the memo’ about the N&R’s efforts to focus on covering local stories. Still, it seems to me the daily paper of record is consistently lagging in that effort. I realize I’ve been harsh on the N&R over the years; just for today I’ll express optimism situation will change.
