AJC Boosters for the Wrong City!
Does Anyone have a problem with the Masthead of the Atlanta Journal Constitution on June 04? Look Closely. That’s not Atlanta!!! The AJC folks put the Seattle Skyline on our paper!
Can you imagine any New York Paper doing this? The Daily News? Not a chance! The Post? Forget it. Chicago Papers too! The Sun Times would never put Atlanta’s skyline above the lead story. The Empire State Building will not be part of the Tribune Masthead.
Yes. I know there is an article about the Seattle art scene. That’s great. Really! Arts coverage is fantastic.
But when you put their skyline on your mast head, you’re admitting you have no civic pride. The Atlanta Constitution is a paper with a noble past and has historically tied itself to the city. It has great reporters who work hard and try to be incisive. Somewhere, it’s leadership have lost the clarion call as the bully pulpit that moves Atlanta toward a better future.
Again, look at the stories above the fold. What is the first story? The lead? Whale Sharks. Not examination of the City of Atlanta or the choices voters will face in the upcoming primary season, but hey! More Fish! Even the political story on the front page is not a piece of public journalism, but a process story. The publisher is not even a known force in Atlanta! Think about. Names 6 things about John Mellott right now. Go ahead! Try Googlism. It won’t help!
Julia Wallace, the Editor, is trying various programs to improve the paper, but she’s not focused on leadership of the city. Newspapers do more than report. They have a leadership role. Ken Edelstein at Creative Loafing understands that. The Newspaper represents the city. Ours apparently represents Seattle.
June 5th, 2006 at 11:37 am
I subscribe to the paper and did not even look at the skyline. LOL … Oh well guess I missed that one. I have the paper at home. I will save it for a good laugh. I am not even sure why I subscribe except to read it a little on the train to work.
June 6th, 2006 at 1:01 pm
I am proud to assure you that the Bloglanta masthead most definitely depicts midtown Atlanta.
June 6th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
And I’m proud to have Garrett’s work as the Bloglanta masthead
June 7th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
What the hell kind of dope have you guys been smoking? The AJC is the worst paper in the history of papers.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
That’s saying a lot, especially considering the quality of the New York Post.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
I’m with Smoove. The Post can afford to be terrible because it’s in the same city as the Times, the Daily News, the Sun, etc. The AJC is a standing argument against monopolies.
June 17th, 2006 at 11:37 am
Since Atlanta is a one newspaper town, the AJC can get away with being bad. Someone start another newspaper! Won’t take much to beat the AJC.
And what is up with their website? Its just got so much crud on it. They seriously need to clean it up.
June 25th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
On the flip side, I recent issue of Metropolis magazine accidently showed the Atlanta skyline in an article about some European city (I think it was Amsterdam). It was funny to see the Equitable sign in “Europe”.
September 19th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
oh, please! the notion that Atlanta would be mistaken for Amsterdam, or any other European city is hysterical! get over yourselves…lol…
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