[Boston-editorial] video post- calmer email...

[Pete Stidman]

No I should apologize.  I got a little emotional
there.  Sorry Matt.  Thanks for your apology.  next
time we just call or email first or something.  it'll
be better that way, specially when we get new folks
going on editing...

peace,

Pete

--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> OK, I should apologize, because I probably should
> have checked in with 
> folks, before changing the video activist story from
> a feature to a 
> razorwire announcement. I didn't think it would be a
> big deal, because 
> if anyone had a big issue, we could switch it back.
> I hadn't thought of 
> Pete's point about it appearing in the Global and US
> newswire twice if 
> we did that. You're right, that is a problem I
> should have thought of. 
> Again, my mistake. Even if it was a mistake on my
> part, I doubt anyone 
> would have freaked out, if it wasn't for the
> unfortunate coincidence 
> that Pete and I were working on the site at the same
> time and Pete 
> suddenly saw that the feature had gone missing,
> before I got the 
> razorwire up. On the other hand, he obviously saw
> the razorwire at some 
> point, since he took it down. Next time I think we
> should make a switch 
> like that, I'll e-mail and ask people first.
> 
> I certainly wasn't trying to hide the information. I
> definitely want to 
> promote the video group. I just thought it would be
> better to do it 
> through the razorwire than through the features
> column, especially 
> since (as I said in an earlier post) I just put up a
> new feature story 
> on police brutality in Rhode Island.
> 
> -- Matt
> 
> On Mar 9, 2005, at 6:16 PM, TL wrote:
> 
> > Im sorry pete am i understanding this correctly
> but isnt it in the 
> > center column? was it taken off and then you put
> it back? It could 
> > have been some sort of mistake or something.
> >
> >  Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  Sorry- a little hasty there but I wish someone
> would
> > have been contacted before yanking something that
> was
> > so obviously posted in the interest of our group.
> >
> >  I strongly feel that taking something off the
> center
> > column should be the HUGEST NO-NO.
> >
> >  The reason for this is very simple. When you take
> > something off center and then we have to repost
> it, it
> > goes up on the US site TWICE! making us and the
> > moderators of the US site look bad.
> >
> >  We need to maintain their trust that our center
> column
> > will remain consistent and reliably true to
> mission.
> >
> >  If someone is feeling as though this post somehow
> > broke the principles of unity or the editorial
> policy
> > as written thus:
> >
> > Features Guidelines
> >
> > In selecting postings to feature in the center
> column,
> > the Boston IMC's editorial collective looks
> primarily
> > for articles that:
> >
> > 1. Are original and are not simply reprints from
> > mainstream/corporate sources;
> > 2. Have timely relevance for Boston readers along
> with
> > local details and connections where possible;
> > 3. Put events, such as protests, in context
> instead of
> > simply providing a blow-by-blow account--remember
> to
> > cover who, what, when, where, why and how;
> > 4. Use factual information from reliable sources;
> and
> > 5. Are reasonably well written.
> >
> > These guidelines help us to maintain a site with
> both
> > integrity and openness. They are only guidelines.
> >
> > I would be keenly interested in how this post was
> > deemed unworthy by ONE editor, especially noting
> the
> > last sentence of above policy. Namely "They are
> only
> > guidelines"
> >
> > I'm really tired of passive aggressive debates and
> > would really appreciate open and inclusive and
> > communicative debates wherein the person who is
> > deciding to act makes an attempt to call the
> parties
> > involved. The first call in this case should have
> > gone to Tim since he is obvously the author. Then,
> > when Tim named me as the person who promoted this
> to
> > center a call could be made to me.
> >
> >  My phone has not been ringing, I'm not sure if
> Tim was
> > contacted.
> >
> >  This article was obviously in the interest of an
> > entire working group.
> >
> >  I don't understand.
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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