Comments on: District Weakly: RIP?

By: Judy Havemann

Judy Havemann — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:33:59 +0000

Thank you for the kind words, Erik. Editing the District Extra was a great job because there is an absolutely inexhaustible number of good stories that need to be covered. I always believed that it should be folded into the metro section, which is zoned anyway, because tiny freestanding sections get lost in the larger paper and anything worth putting in the Extra is worth running in the broadsheet.

By: Inky

Inky — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:49:30 +0000

Well, the fact that Joyce Jones now is the editor should tell you something. She made the Weekend section unreadable under her watch, and now she's doing the same in the District Extra.

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:19:19 +0000

At least Jacqueline Dupree's website no longer bears a disclaimer denying relationship with WaPo while the material is re-edited and printed in District Weekly.

By: Anony-mouse

Anony-mouse — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:12:57 +0000

But I love the animal control stories! They make the entire paper worthwhile!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:12:54 +0000

For the last three years, the only thing I've read in that section is the crime listings.

By: Mark Athitakis

Mark Athitakis — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:12:18 +0000

The P.G. County edition usually fronts "good things happening in the area"---lotsa fluffy pieces about schools. Anything genuinely newsy about Prince George's usually winds up in the Metro section. Nice to have the police blotter, tho.