[Imc-web] the repeated request

[Brian Hagy]

Dear Anna,

first Zachary Miller is not ML.  These are two separate guys.  I know them
both.

second, i'm sure if you want your article to be in the Elsewhere wire, it
can be moved, however, keep something in mind.  Each IMC tries to focus on
local events and writers, and therefore, the tendency of an IMC reader is
to read primarily the articles in the Local wire.  The Elsewhere wire, at
least for the UC-IMC, means that the articles in this category weren't
necessarily written by a local person and probably doesn't have an
immediate relevancy for a local reader (not to say there isn't a
relevancy, but that if there is, it's more broad-focused).  Putting your
article in the Elsewhere wire could have the opposite effect as you wish,
since it may actually have less readership locally.  And if you're wishing
for your article to have a larger readership (meaning more than just
local), then you might consider posting it to the global IMC site
(www.imc.org).  however, keep in mind, all articles on the front page of
the global IMC are pulled randomly from each local IMC's featured section
(meaning the middle column).  your article may not be read by anyone if
posted on the global imc, unless folks decide to go past the front page
and read some other articles posted there (which does happen, i
suppose).  to have an article posted in the feature
section (for the UC-IMC, at least) requires the article to have a local
relevancy for the U/C area, usually has a journalistic or critical
approach to the subject, and typically a request from the author.  Not all
articles can or are put in the featured section.  This is done by some
process open to anyone willing to attend meetings.

brian


On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Anna Epelbaum wrote:

>         Dear ML:
>            I suspect that your extended name is Zachary Miller, nevertheless, this is the quote from your comment to my article 'The Inquiry':
>           "My moving your article again is not mockery, but simply standard policy for local authors who forget to click the "Is this article of local interest?" box when publishing their stories. Again, I would be happy to move your article down to the Elsewhere newswire, if that's what you want."
>           The article you are talking in this quote about is 'POPULARIZATION AND REQUEST............"
>          So, I inform you again, as I did in my comment to answer your quoted above comment, that I would like very much to have my article 'POPULARIZATION AND REQUEST FOR COOPERATION' to be moved to the place of regular articles not local, which means to the left and to much broader column.
>           I am also very much surprised that all comments of Jack Ryan and/or NRA/FREEDOM (I am sure that this is the same person) are always hidden. It doesn't seem to be compatible with the First Amendment, don't you all think so? I would also appreciate if First Amendment is always respected in my cases either currently or in the future.
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