I received an email over the weekend asking if I’d comment on the post and pictures on Whitewater’s Citizen Police Academy, published recently at the Whitewater Banner.
I will. I’ll take my time, though, with replies that consider the Citizen Academy as policy, public relations, open government, and journalism.
Strictly speaking, a consideration of the Academy as a news story applies only to coverage and participation from those at the Daily Union; the Banner itself is not a work of journalism.
There’s much to consider in all this, and I will inquire on it, and post only thereafter.