If I am correct in thinking that we are inundated with facts but short-changed on meaning these days, then editors ought to be re-thinking what they do.
Consider this morning’s Albuquerque Journal. On the first page of the "Metro & New Mexico" section, is Jim Ludwick’s story from the State Legislature headlined "Lawmakers Try to Block Impact Fees."
On the next page, we find Ludwick story about Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez wanting to see "new faces" on the City Council.
The reason for the move in Santa Fe to block impact fees is that the Albuquerque Council passed them over the Mayor’s opposition. That’s why he would like new faces there.
So the two stories belong side-by-side.
Mind you, there are good reasons the editor built the page the way he or she did – like the importance of stories, the desirability of having variety of them, their length, the optimal size of the color photo and how everything fit in the allotted space.
I’m just a fool for making connections whenever possible.