Small market journalism

The Herald-Whig did a good job this Sunday.....solid reporting on the Hannibal 911 controversy. The Whig's seven-day-a-week publication schedule enabled it to eclipse the Hannibal Courier-Post on this story completely. The C-P does the best it can, but with half the staff and a missing publication day, it just gets beat sometimes.

Political news was solid, including the usual sharp analysis from the syndicated Capitol Fax column. Doug Wilson usually has something insightful to say on local politics. The Whig even managed to push its preacher-takes-a-vacation story to its proper spot on the back pages. When the day comes that other nonprofit radio stations get the same amount of news play as the Bruce-Rice-needs-more-money stories that populate the Herald-Whig, I will conclude that the Whig is being objective in its coverage. Don't expect that to happen anytime soon.