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

[Matthew Williams]

I'd say we both screwed up a little. I was reflecting on all this, this 
morning, and realized we've been having these sort of disagreements as 
long as I've been editing the site. Unfortunately, I think they're 
inevitable to some degree, given that we're editing the site in real 
time and communicating by e-mail (which, as we all know from 
experience, is just not as good a medium as face-to-face 
communication). We can certainly learn from our mistakes and try to 
create new procedures to try to minimize these things (as we have been 
doing), but I fear they are not going away completely.

bread and roses,
Matt

On Mar 9, 2005, at 8:16 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:

> 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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