As a daily (sometimes more than once, heck sometimes more than three times) consumer of the Flint Journal website it is interesting how some stories appear there and then how they appear when they get to the printed version.
Headlines change (see beetle story below on the blog) and sometimes the story is rewritten or corrected.
On Wednesday there was a perfect example of that. This is the story that appeared online:
Flint makes another 'worst' list
by Bryn Mickle The Flint Journal
Tuesday May 20, 2008, 8:58 PM
FLINT, Michigan -- Once again, Flint has found itself the recipient of a rather dubious distinction.
The new issue of the men's magazine Best Life, published by Men's Health, puts the city on its list of the 10 worst cities in the nation to raise a family.
Why? Crime.
"Country's highest violent-crime rate," the magazine claims.
The story continues with the obligatory comment from the mayor and of course, the city on the opposite side of the survey, which was, surprise, surprise, Honolulu.
The readers loved it and were leaving comments on the story.
When I looked at Wednesday's (May 21) home-delivered dead tree version I looked for the story on Page 1, not there. I turned to Page 3, still not there. When I got to Page 4, there it was tucked into the local headlines columns.
The new opening paragraph (called a lede) was different from the dramatic version online and the byline was dropped.
Here's the new one:
"The latest issue of the men's magazine Best Life, published by Men's Health, puts Flint on its list of the 10 worst cities in the nation in which to raise a family." The story continues on with the previous version.
Not sure what happened overnight, but someone certainly decided to give the City a little break in the morning. No one would write a lede that boring unless they didn't want anyone to read it.
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