John Ramos changes my heart and my mind in nearly every post on the Duluth Monitor.
These two posts break my heart a little, because I know how these stories will end.
“How Duluth was sold on Spirit Mountain”
and
“City gets creative in subsidizing zoo”
What do you think?
2 thoughts on “Journalism to break my heart”
I appreciate what Ramos brings to the table as far reporting on the happenings in the city/county/school district from a policy level. No one else puts in the level of effort to attend these various meetings and put in FOI requests. With that said though, his articles often have a “the sky is falling” vibe to them and latch on to some facts/statements while disregarding others to create a conflict.
Yes, the information is good to know and often we as the public wouldn’t hear about some of this without the work, but I could do without the constant doom-and-gloom/something-nefarious-is-happening-here voice in his work.
I hear you. There was a story about a quote from the mayor that took an everyday practice as evidence of nefariousness.
Still, for every ounce of hyperbole, there is a pound of importance.