Oregon Media Insiders

what?

AP is very frustrating to me, and it's because so many of the people who've been through the Portland broadcast desk a) know nothing about Portland, and b) know nothing about broadcast. I can rewrite The Oregonian much, much better than what I see on the AP, and I don't wait until the next day to do it. AP's writing, from an on-air standpoint, is almost universally unreadable. This is true of the local reports as well as national. Their story selection is usually trite and bureaucratic. If there's some story that the whole country is talking about, it's a crapshoot whether it's on AP or not. Yet if Wheeler County is recalling a Commissioner, AP is all over it. So the fact of a new AP guy coming in is relevant, at least to me, because maybe he'll make things better. Or worse.

"AP's writing, from an on-air standpoint, is almost universally unreadable. This is true of the local reports as well as national."

That's because it's the Associated *Press* - not the Associated TV/Radio Broadcast News. It's written for newspapers.

If you're expecting air-ready copy from a wire service - that's unrealistic.

I won't be in the habit of tracking every minute movement of personnel everywhere in the state, but major ones like editors-in-chief are worth mentioning. I deliberately went with "OREGON Media Insiders" in hopes that folks from other parts of the state would eventually chime in.

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Lynn Siprelle * Former Innie * OMI Coordinator
"The more you post, the less Lynn has to."

>>If you're expecting air-ready copy from a wire service - that's unrealistic.

Au contraire. AP Broadcast is a service that is marketed to radio and television stations specifically because it is allegedly tailored for use on-air. They're just not very good at it.

If the AP is just for "press" then why even have a broadcast wire? If you're saying they can't do a better job for TV and radio why should stations pay all that money for the service? The AP should just admit they can't do "broadcast" and get out of the business. I can get sports scores from the internet.
If Tim Fought is as heavy-handed, stern and uncreative as he was in Klamath Falls, I don't see the AP "improving" much. Wait, maybe he WILL do well at AP.