And to be fair, not all the national press coverage of the Ohio River Valley is related to coal. The Ohio River Valley made cameo appearances in installments of two award-winning series over the past year: “The Smokestack Effect,” by USA Today, and “Toxic Waters,” by The New York Times. There have also been occasional stories about bacterial pollution in the Ohio River and its tributaries, and stories about the local chemical industry following the explosion at the Bayer CropScience plant in West Virginia in 2008. But such coverage is fairly sparse.
When it comes to pollution, urban development, and wildlife issues, the Ohio River Valley is being overshadowed by two other ecosystems to the north and east: the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, respectively. Searching through the local ORV media, it doesn’t take long to see that there are a lot that of worthwhile stories the national media is missing. So if you have the time, get out of the nosebleed seats and sneak down to field level.
WFIU is in Bloomington, Indiana, not Illinois. Wonderful article!
#1 Posted by A Brandt, CJR on Thu 4 Mar 2010 at 11:02 AM
Terrific work and a great model for others around the country and the world. Looking at regional, watershed or other wide natural feature areas is a great way to energize the players and the consumers. It also helps put some of the single issue flareups in perspective.
There is excellent additional value in looking at output over time, both in spot and feature work. Let's see more of this awareness and analysis, which can only result in better coverage of key issues.
#2 Posted by M Reilly, CJR on Sun 7 Mar 2010 at 12:42 PM
They also need to make sure it goes well preventing phosphorus and other pollutants from reaching surface waters through local land use regulations..The prime objective is to protect water quality...
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#4 Posted by Elisa23Love, CJR on Wed 14 Sep 2011 at 12:21 PM
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