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TraditionalGap1 t1_j3z12l7 wrote

Reply to comment by serpentine__babou in Woman charged after 'unidentifiable' human remains found in north Columbia by MacDougalTheLazy

It's a local news outlet, so presumably the locals who consume it know where they are

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serpentine__babou t1_j3z4ebn wrote

I know that's probably the excuse, but when you publish an article online, your audience isn't necessarily local anymore.

Even in local, physical papers it can be problematic if you are a small state or bordering several nearby states.

All they need to do is mention the city and state once at the very beginning of the article, and that would completely solve the problem.

And it goes without saying that acronyms should never be used without spelling out the full name/phrase first. Someone who writes for a living should know better.

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BRN83 t1_j3zv937 wrote

I'm with you, I can't tell you how many times I've clicked a link to a news article on Reddit and spent five minutes clicking around the news site trying to figure out which of the fifty states it happened in. Super annoying.

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jonathanownbey t1_j43a8nc wrote

Yeah, we are so many years past local news staying local. It's should just be a standard template item to have city and state in location-specific news articles.

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