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Dear Sir,
As an avid reader of your quality tabloid, I was all of a jitter this morning when I opened the South Shropshire Journal (June 12, 2009).
The extreme excitement directly reflected the high expectation of seeing my Letter to the Editor, which I emailed to you last Friday, as the page lead. It cannot be often that you receive a letter heaping such praise on you for giving such an occupational opportunity to Work Experience primary school children.
Disappointment reigned, however. But on reflection, it is obvious there was no room for my accolade. There were no less than nine Thank You letters from our esteemed politicians after last week's elections to crowbar into the page.
So you are forgiven.
Next, my eyes darted to the front page splash, which you will remember attracted particular praise from your humble reader. What new levels of journalistic endeavour were being scaled this week by the under-11s.
Horrors! It would seem the Work Experience girls and boys have returned to school and left the job to some hastily-assembled professionals. Even the headline smacked of alliterative competence.
I'm speechless. Should we be glad to read something that has been given a little care? Or should we mourn the burgeoning career snatched from a young child's grasp? I'm undecided.
As an editor, you obviously wish to keep your readers guessing on what's going to turn up amongst the adverts. So we can give the nod to handsome success in that
department.
Well done!
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