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[Donna Halper]

>it was said--
>Maybe someone should invite Clea to become a member of this list!
>
>She could learn a lot about her beat!  ;-)

In fairness to Clea, I know her and she's a very sweet person, but radio 
was never her beat until Susan B got moved over to covering women's 
sports.   I am not trying to make excuses for Clea, but her problem has 
more to do with the Globe than with not caring about or not knowing about 
her beat.  Clea is only a part-time writer for the Globe and while in years 
past the media columnists were all full-time, to save money, the Globe cut 
back on radio columns and cut back on the person who writes them.  Since 
she is only asked to write these columns on a sporadic basis, and since 
there isn't a lot of commitment from the Globe to make it a regular beat, 
she has difficulty keeping up with it.  On the other hand, why not drop 
Clea a note and make your corrections-- she won't mind, I assure you.  I 
think that Dean Johnson, who is a full-time reporter at the Herald, has a 
much easier time keeping up with the latest radio news-- it's tough to be 
plugged into the local scene when you are doing occasional articles from 
home and are usually restricted to 800 words...