Intercepted email from the Press Club's Abe Zaidan to BJ editor Bruce Winges:
Bruce:
The speaker at yesterday's Akron Press Club program was Ted Gup and as I quickly scanned today's BJ I regretfully didn't find a word about his talk despite the fact that:
He is a distinguished award-winning reporter (Polk Award among many others), who spent his investigative reporting days at the Washington Post and Time Magazine.
He is a former Beacon Journal reporter.
His is the author of a new book on secrecy in government, a topic that used to be red meat for newspapers, including the Beacon Journal. He delivered that topic yesterday.
Many volunteers have worked on the success of these public affairs programs during my six years as vice president of programs. You should know that we now have more than 100 members and it is growing despite the BJ's cursory attention. Jack Knight, a tiresome name to the BJ's current cast, was among the first to renew his membership each year because he believed in the Press Club's importance. We've had appearances by several BJ staffers, including that fellow Moss, who came and promised the luncheon crowd great things and disappeared in a wink.
It disappoints me, and I'm sure many others, to see people like Ted Gup ignored by the town's only daily newspaper.
What's wrong with this picture?
Abe Zaidan
Allen Castoff
Minor role player in the BJ's greatness.
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What I want to know is why the BJ did not cover the League of Women Voters program at PaPa Joe's where Winges was discussing the newspaper.
Gup was only at the BJ a little over a year and I recall I was not real impressed--may even have tossed one of his stories in the wastebasket. Guess I was wrong about that which proves we all make mistakes.
Is there a citizen journalist out there who could have covered both of these events for our blog. I can't do it all. Wish Abe would have written a story rather than an email to Bruce. We could give Gup a little coverage if we could just get things covered.
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