Comments on: Will the all-new Evening Standard halt its decline? http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/05/12/will-the-all-new-evening-standard-halt-its-decline/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg Watts http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/05/12/will-the-all-new-evening-standard-halt-its-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Greg Watts Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:24:24 +0000 http://www.freelanceunbound.com/?p=1197#comment-361 Earlier this year the Evening Standard became the London Evening Standard. But that name change didn't signal a shift in the way the paper covers London. It's still far too preoccupied with what goes on in Mayfair, Hampstead and Kensington. You hardly ever see any mention of life in less fashionable neighbourhoods, such as Forest Gate or Streatham, for example, or Twickenham, Ruislip, Beckenham and other outlying suburbs. We see this obsession with glitzy London most of all in the features and supplements, not least restaurant reviews and property. Most Londoners can't afford half a million pound flats or fork out £100 for a meal. I mean, for goodness sake. The New York Times, on the other hand, regularly carries features on people and life in all corners of the city. The same can be said for nearly all newspapers in major US cities. I can't help wonder if, despite the introduction of London into its name, the Standard is schizophrenic, unable to decide if it's a London publication or a a semi-national one. Anyway, I'm thinking of sending a detailed large map of Greater London to Geordie Greig, It's obvious that the news room doesn't have one. Earlier this year the Evening Standard became the London Evening Standard. But that name change didn’t signal a shift in the way the paper covers London.

It’s still far too preoccupied with what goes on in Mayfair, Hampstead and Kensington. You hardly ever see any mention of life in less fashionable neighbourhoods, such as Forest Gate or Streatham, for example, or Twickenham, Ruislip, Beckenham and other outlying suburbs.

We see this obsession with glitzy London most of all in the features and supplements, not least restaurant reviews and property. Most Londoners can’t afford half a million pound flats or fork out £100 for a meal. I mean, for goodness sake.

The New York Times, on the other hand, regularly carries features on people and life in all corners of the city. The same can be said for nearly all newspapers in major US cities.

I can’t help wonder if, despite the introduction of London into its name, the Standard is schizophrenic, unable to decide if it’s a London publication or a a semi-national one.

Anyway, I’m thinking of sending a detailed large map of Greater London to Geordie Greig, It’s obvious that the news room doesn’t have one.

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