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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel columnist Susan Strother Clarke died suddenly on Oct. 25. |
On Sept. 25,
Susan Strother Clarke, a relatively young (47) and talented business writer at the Orlando Sentinel,
died suddenly of a massive heart attack. When I heard, I wanted to read more.
What's the most logical place to read the obituary of an Orlando Sentinel writer? You'd better not try the obits section of the Sentinel's Web site. It's not there. Or at least it wasn't when I checked searched it -- five different ways.
The online obituary section of the Sentinel, hosted by Legacy.com, apparently carries only the paper's paid "death notices" -- not editorial, staff-written obituaries.
While the Sentinel has cut back to a standard daily ration of only one editorial obit, it seemingly is not posting those to Legacy.com. Also, the online memorial pages for Clarke are not in the regular part of the Sentinel's obituary section, but in an area devoted to comments on articles (editorial stories).
Confusing at best.
I won't use this space today to rant about the stupidity of newspapers curtailing their obituary coverage to next-to-nothing. That's an ongoing gripe for another day. But can't newspaper editors use the common sense to incorporate editorial obits and paid death notices into one database -- clearly delineating, please, between editorial content and advertising -- so the search for information on a person who died isn't a painful, time-consuming process?
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the paper...
