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07.21.2008 2:06 pm

Firefighter’s Facebook private or public?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We have linked on STLtoday to the Facebook page of slain firefighter Ryan Hummert, as a means of providing more information about him.

STLtoday has added a link to another Facebook page of remembrances of Mr. Hummert.

The whole area was rocked this morning by…

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07.17.2008 11:57 am

Amish: relevant in headline of crash story?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

STLtoday’s lead headline for much of yesterday morning was “Amish travelers among Hwy. 40 crash victims”

As we discussed our Page One display for this morning,  copy editor Roger Kuechler criticized that online approach. “So they’re Amish, why’s that worth being in the headline?”  His…

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07.03.2008 10:32 am

Would you rather not know grisly details?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One of our overnight editors left this message from last night: 

“ASHAMED: Got my butt chewed out by a woman who was most upset that the Post-Dispatch/website reported the use of an ax in our Sheley coverage. She felt that we…

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