tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post69483267698659583..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: Obama worked rural papers in Iowa, and it paid offMelissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-82826881188764765302008-01-07T19:59:00.000-05:002008-01-07T19:59:00.000-05:00The national coverage v local coverage of the prim...The national coverage v local coverage of the primaries has been a clear lesson in what audience awareness is all about. Local journalists seem to know that and judging from this account the candidates have also learned.<BR/><BR/>I recall reading a few articles in the last month or so in the Washington Post and the New York Times about the local journalists getting the attention and the national media being forced to cover just the events. Go figure. How many people in Carroll, Iowa read those national newspapers compared to Douglas Burns' work in their local newspaper? <BR/><BR/>Even some of the NPR work came off as if they were reporting from Iowa as a foreign country. <BR/><BR/>Obama's people know the answer to that one. They know Douglas Burns looks his readers in the eyes everyday.<BR/><BR/>Before the next primary season, roughly four years off, the national media would do well to have Burns teach them a little about streets and sewers and eight-man football.John Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984601211082313312noreply@blogger.com