Romenesko

Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel
After a suspected bomber called Daily Sentinel reporter Gary Harmon, "we had a duty to be a good corporate citizen and alert authorities to what we knew," writes managing editor Denny Herzog. "That would make us part of the story. That's a position we don’t like to be in. We report the news. We don't make the news. And way back in journalism school they taught us that it's the cops' job to catch the bad guys, not ours. But in the real world, it was an easy call to make." More editor/ombudsman columns:
> NYT's cautious approach to blogging doesn't bother Calame (NYT)
> Union-Trib gets complaints after arrested teen protester is ID'd (SDU-T)
> Photo of fatally clubbed bobcat upsets some Daily Star readers (ADS)
> Ayers: I, too, believe newspapers should be run as a public trust (MA)
> Some Times-Union readers don't think sports champs are "heroes" (FT-U)
> Koster clan didn't like My Lai mention in "sensationalized" WP obit (WP)
> How Rocky became a tab has become the subject of mythology (RMN)
> Vaden: Biggest heist in county's history belonged on 1A, not 6B (N&O)
> Bluffton publisher: We were swamped with Barbieri tributes (BN-B)