[Imc-cleveland] what's local?

[jesse]

I think it's fair to say "local" is appropriate for
local news, not local authors (which could be almost
anyone writing about anything).  NE Ohio news.  Think
about the local section of newspapers.  People read
the local section for news about their city/community.
 If we determined "local" based on author, it might be
confusing since we're all in Cleveland, so every
article we write (regardless of the topic) would be in
local. 

Mumia?  Well, I consider that national news (since
it's not specific to NE Ohio).  Your song?  No
offense, but I don't think that's news at all, it's
self-promotion, which I'm strongly against on an imc
(I think it's abusing our roles as administrators). 
IMHO, manipulating our category system so a collective
member's article gets "more attention" is one of the
most unprofessional things an editor can do (that's
about the nicest way I can say it, too), and it
exploits the efforts of those who have grown indymedia
to what it is today.  Not to mention, if we don't take
indymedia seriously, than our readers probably won't
either.  



--- Kris Harsh <kris.harsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey, so...i noticed this and it's already been
> brought up but.......
> what exactly IS local?  mumia?  a song i wrote? 
> we've had two articles
> posted to "local" that have nothing to do with
> cleveland or ohio.
> i admit, i posted my song to get attention, and
> someone called me on it and
> it went away.  back to "other".
> so, is the author enough to make a selection
> "loccal"?
> 
> seeking clarity,
> kris
> 
> --
> "There's lots of ways to make money in this world,
> but i can't recomend
> insurance fraud" - the mountain goats
> >
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jesse

"In the expansion of the great Western empires, profit and hope of further profit were obviously tremendously important...But there is more than that to imperialism and colonialism.  There was a commitment to them over and above profit, a commitment in constant circulation and recirculation, which, on the one hand, allowed decent men and women to accept the notion that distant territories and their native peoples should be subjugated, and, on the other, replenished metropolitan energies so that these decent people could think of the imperium as a protracted, almost metaphysical obligation to rule sobordinate, inferior, or less advanced peoples."

~Edward Said, 1993

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