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The Record of Woodland Park continues to mine Census 2010 data for Page 1 stories that confirm what readers have known for months, if not years.
Incomes fall for N.J. families
Today's lead headline comes from the flagship publication of North Jersey Media Group, which went on a firing spree, consolidated its two daily newspapers and totally abandoned Hackensack.
The most important local news is pushed down below the fold. Readers learn Republicans in Congress are playing politics with disaster relief for storm- and flood-ravaged New Jersey (A-1).
Below that, a refer to an A-17 story reports young American soldiers in Afghanistan ask doctors not to save them if their sexual organs get blown off.
That's curious, because Editor Francis Scandale seems to be doing just fine years after he was castrated by the real power in the newsroom, head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes.
On A-2 today, a correction notes the Hackensack police union president was misidentified in an L-3 story on Wednesday, but a second error on the location of the Social Security office in Hackensack wasn't corrected.
Rich list
Chairman Malcolm A. "Mac" Borg apparently is no longer on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans (A-8). How could he be -- with a spoiled son who sucked out $3.65 million of the company's money to buy a bigger house?
Today's Local news section is a yawner, what we've come to expect from Sykes' desk.
Last Friday's paper
Why is it lead-the-paper news that a Garfield neighborhood contaminated for nearly 30 years is now on the Superfund list -- when that might mean another 20 to 30 years will pass before it's cleaned up?
Staff Writer Mary Jo Layton refers to "Hackensack officlals" and "Hackensack" several times in her A-1 scoop about doctors lured to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.
But she's not referring to the city; she's talking about Hackensack University Medical Center. She loads her poorly written lead paragraph with so much information, "Hackensack" appears in it three times.
Readers would be stunned if Liz Houlton's news copy desk actually did some editing.
But she's not referring to the city; she's talking about Hackensack University Medical Center. She loads her poorly written lead paragraph with so much information, "Hackensack" appears in it three times.
Readers would be stunned if Liz Houlton's news copy desk actually did some editing.
On the Local front, why is the Road Warrior writing about the sale of flood-damaged cars, in place of the consumer columnist, Kevin DeMarrais?
By limiting the back story, Restaurant Reviewer Elisa Ung is able to report Khole Bistrot in Fort Lee serves only organic meat, but she runs into trouble describing the whole fish she sampled, using "bronzini," the plural (Better Living centerfold).
In the data box, she tells readers "prices are quite high for many items," so the restaurant isn't appropriate for "those on a budget." Duh.
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