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| Image: Jenn Klein, super-reporter
for the ER is apparently gone. This leaves a hole in my media heart that
won't soon be filled. Klein is second from the right with the long red
hair. The Outsiders (www.chico-outsiders.com) sent out a monthly e-newsletter yesterday. I received a bounce back on Jenn Klein's email account at the ER stating that as of June 4th she was no longer working there. Klein told me of her plans to leave Chico a few months ago, and apparently those plans have taken flight. What she described to me indicated she was moving on to a different phase of her life, and I'm sure she'll find success where she's headed. While I wasn't friends with Jenn, I was friendly with her. Since she covered CARD and the Council there were a number of times where she interviewed me. She told me once that one of her bosses described Commission Impossible as her competition. If you look at the vast amount of information her columns provided to the public, versus my pictures of Jessica Alba, I probably placed a distant third (out of 2) in providing a public service. I thought she was a solid reporter on local issues. Reporter's don't really have that great of a job. It's hard to do, the pay is not good, if you make a mistake it's in front of everyone, and they're supposed to avoid including their own opinions. Can you imagine presenting a size constrained article on a complex local issue, like the budget, while also providing a balanced presentation of dissenting opinions? Not easy. That's very different from editorial writers. Their job is to express opinion. It's all very different from blogging. I'm not size constrained, I have no editor, no deadlines, and I can express a thoughtful or poorly defined opinion amidst providing information. I'm not sure if the print newspaper industry will survive the coming decades. I'm sure the news industry will, online if nowhere else. One thing that will be lost if everyone becomes a blogger is the reporter's consistent un-opinionated columns. Jenn Klein was a good example of a reporter that remained aloof yet connected to the people she was reporting on. Her city government coverage will be missed. |
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Lon
About Me: Fasten your seatbelts for an exhilarating trip through Chico's public policy; I guarantee it's marginally better than public access TV.
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Jen is taller than I thought she would be
What's even more strange is that she always carries that tree she's holding up behind Dennis Beardsley. I think she's a member of "Tree Action".
Lon
Everyones wearing shades so it hard to tell who they are. From left to right it looks like Jessica Alba, Sean Connery, Lurch and is that George Clooney?