What Has Happened to Folio Weekly?

[urbanlibertarian]

Like the Times-Union, Folio was something I didn't really appreciate it until it declined. What's sad is that so far nothing has been able to make up for the loss of either of those papers. Even as great as Metrojacksonville is, it just can't replace teams of trained, professional reporters.

Meh.

Ive been around a while tacachale, and the process here is just different.

In terms of actually communicating and educating a community about the issues and news of the day, Metrojacksonville generally does a better job than traditional media.

The main difference is that the way an issue develops on our format is spread out and consists of multiple points of view from many posters.

Another primary improvement here at metrojacksonville is that the reporters themselves are not having to struggle to understand the subject material, missing important points and facts in the interim.  The bulk of the posters are usually professionals in the field being discussed, and in some cases are the actual source material in the stories which are being covered second hand by a trained journalist who simply does not understand the field of inquiry.

Take for example the coverage of transportation in this city (which metrojacksonville excels at) do you think that the trained journalists of the times union or folio do a better job of covering the subject?

There is a lot of reporting on the minutia and details---perhaps a better record of sequences----but not a lot of depth of analysis.

I feel really really proud of what and how metrojacksonville does, and I think that we are doing a better job in many respects than print media is doing.

Stephen,
Maybe it's time to revive the Dare Tabloid. 

[OMGJax]

R.I.P. Folio. I always looked forward to reading Folio. It was the voice of progressive reason in the midst of the sometimes deafening local right wing tower of psychobabble. Now it seems Folio has embraced that babble and even gone to bed with it.

I not only enjoyed the hard-hitting investigative reporting that disappeared with Anne and Dave, but I felt that the threat of an expose in Folio helped keep some of the "good 'ole boy" shenanigans in check. Denise is clearly content to hide behind 20 pages of yoga exercises while backroom backslapping proceeds unchecked. Less slanted reporting? Maybe. Less interesting and relevant? Definitely.

[Bativac]

I don't know how Folio did things in the past, but I know that nowadays they're using journalism students for at least some stories. Maybe that makes a difference as far as the kinds of stories being written, the writing style, etc.

[leyden jar]

Like the Times-Union, Folio was something I didn't really appreciate it until it declined. What's sad is that so far nothing has been able to make up for the loss of either of those papers. Even as great as Metrojacksonville is, it just can't replace teams of trained, professional reporters.

Meh.

Ive been around a while tacachale, and the process here is just different.



In terms of actually communicating and educating a community about the issues and news of the day, Metrojacksonville generally does a better job than traditional media.

The main difference is that the way an issue develops on our format is spread out and consists of multiple points of view from many posters.

Another primary improvement here at metrojacksonville is that the reporters themselves are not having to struggle to understand the subject material, missing important points and facts in the interim.  The bulk of the posters are usually professionals in the field being discussed, and in some cases are the actual source material in the stories which are being covered second hand by a trained journalist who simply does not understand the field of inquiry.

Take for example the coverage of transportation in this city (which metrojacksonville excels at) do you think that the trained journalists of the times union or folio do a better job of covering the subject?

There is a lot of reporting on the minutia and details---perhaps a better record of sequences----but not a lot of depth of analysis.

I feel really really proud of what and how metrojacksonville does, and I think that we are doing a better job in many respects than print media is doing.

Stephen,
Maybe it's time to revive the Dare Tabloid. 

Spiff!

[Jaxson]

In my opinion, it is too soon to bury Folio Weekly...yet.  My biggest beef with them is that, for years, they refused to post their content online.  While I can understand that they did not want to cut into their readership that picked up the hard copy at local outlets, but they gave up the potential for locals and 'expats' who wanted to keep tabs on local alternative journalism.  When I went away to join the military, I resigned myself to being out of the loop with local issues.  I am willing to give the new regime a chance to turn things around.  Writers like Julie Delegal continue to be excellent advocates for the causes I believe in and I hope that we can move forward with Folio was they finally move into the Internet age...

[ChriswUfGator]

I'm already sick of Folio's new right-wing bent, I quit reading it. They should give themselves a brickbat for trying to pander to a crowd that would never read their paper anyway. I think they must have thought they're taking advantage of the TU's new pay wall and trying to attract some of those readers, but the problem is that it's not the same audience I think it's a bad strategic decision.

[Dog Walker]

I only keep reading it for the Letters to the Editor and News of the Weird.  They are always good for a laugh.  They haven't had a good feature article in some time and their fawning over some of the self-named artists in Jacksonville make me want to puke.