{"id":2943,"date":"2009-09-13T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T23:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:28:00","slug":"old-news-not-in-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/13\/old-news-not-in-newspapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Old news in newspapers? 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Chasnoff did more than give me a headline and some statistics. He pulled me into a compelling story and, more importantly, presented vivid images of the river, its history and its potential future.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not old news. That&#8217;s news in-depth. And that&#8217;s what we need when we&#8217;re making decisions about finances, resources and quality of life. Long live good reporters and good newspapers.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/29\/e-n-reader-sees-the-future-of-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Express-News reader sees the future of news?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting letter-to-the-editor today in the San Antonio Express-News written by Linnea Schlobohm, who sums up one of the main themes of this blog better than I ever could: After reading Brian Chasnoff&#8217;s beautifully crafted story on the San Antonio River, \u201cParadise Lost to Progress\u201d (Front Page, Sept. 6), I remembered a recent TV comment predicting &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Old news in newspapers? Not always\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/13\/old-news-not-in-newspapers\/#more-2943\" aria-label=\"Read more about Old news in newspapers? 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