Madison prep writer not a fan of 3-person crews

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Are you saying small towns aren't as important....

You can tell that Rut is from Chicago (or a place like that) when a city of 250K people (and a metro area of 500K people) is considered a "small town."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You can tell that Rut is from Chicago (or a place like that) when a city of 250K people (and a metro area of 500K people) is considered a "small town."

That's the serious thought I had at the time. Personally, I like that size. Big enough to have everything you need, yet not unmanageable. And in my case, there's an NFL team within an hour's drive to boot.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You can tell that Rut is from Chicago (or a place like that) when a city of 250K people (and a metro area of 500K people) is considered a "small town."

Actually I am from a town of 10-20 thousand people. And small town papers in my state would be considered Peoria or Springfield (two of the largest cities outside of the Chicago area) which has much more people then where I grew up. And those papers tend to have very bias or slanted toward the covering schools more than a Chicago area paper that covers over 100 schools. I still read papers from the smaller towns (smaller than the two towns I just listed) and the coverage and opinions tend to be rather different when a small town paper is covering a game. In the media world, most people want to work in bigger markets because that means more money and more prestige, not much different as to how officials want to work in certain places as well. As a matter of fact, I am not in Chicago area right now. I am in my home town where I have worked at many smaller schools this past week and the coverage is completely different than a Chicago or Suburban paper.

Peace