Conversation on The Sacramento Press about: Reporting on the “Tent City” media spectacleNews Analysis
Nearly all of the homeless people who lived at the “Tent City” on the American River had left the site by Thursday morning, but the media outlets were still there.
Sacramento’s Tent City has received so much news coverage that the media hubbub itself plays a large part in the story.
The city’s removal of the campsite Thursday was no exception. Television journalists from several outlets — including KCRA Channel 3, CBS Channel 13 and Noticias Univision Channel 19 – were at the ...KathleenHaleyBy: Jeff McCroryJeff McCrorycomment-63232009-04-17T16:16:27Z2009-04-17T16:16:27ZYour angle on this story is smart. All the players in this story are very media savvy. I did some reporting on this story yesterday, talked to a city and police representives and homeless advocates, and the quotes they gave me were almost word for word the same quotes that gave Cynthia Hubert for her story in the Bee.Jeff McCrory2009-04-17T16:16:27Z