Comments on: Breaking : Greenfield : 3 people killed in accident on Route 151 at Greenfield Road http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/ Nelson County Life Magazine : Your Source for Everything Nelson Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bryan http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Bryan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:24:06 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/#comment-385 Good coverage and well done and I say that as someone with 30 years experience in news. Considering the interest to the community and not just the commuters, you could have put out more information than you did, served the public good and not walk into the land of sensationalism. You walked the line well. Good coverage and well done and I say that as someone with 30 years experience in news. Considering the interest to the community and not just the commuters, you could have put out more information than you did, served the public good and not walk into the land of sensationalism.

You walked the line well.

]]> By: David F. http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/comment-page-1/#comment-384 David F. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:05:21 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/#comment-384 Excellent, compassionate reporting of this story. If "Concerned" would take the time to check out your timeline, they would see the time you released the names of the deceased, well after the Charlottesville media did. You handled a terrible, tragic situation in a delicate way, keeping sensitive information close, while letting the community know what was happening, and to avoid the area. I ache for this family, and for all the family and friends affected by this senseless tragedy. Excellent, compassionate reporting of this story. If “Concerned” would take the time to check out your timeline, they would see the time you released the names of the deceased, well after the Charlottesville media did. You handled a terrible, tragic situation in a delicate way, keeping sensitive information close, while letting the community know what was happening, and to avoid the area. I ache for this family, and for all the family and friends affected by this senseless tragedy.

]]> By: Diane http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Diane Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:21:05 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/#comment-383 I would like to say you did a great job covering this story. I was in the traffic on one side & my grandfather on the other side. He is in his 90's. We did everything to find hiim then we found out that he was in your yard. With the updates up had for everyone an with the kindness you should the eldry people we were able to locate my grandfather to make sure he was safe. I would first like to thank you & your wife for taking in my grandfather an making sure he had something to drink in the heat that was very sweet of you both. Second thank you for covering this story if it hadn't been for your site no one would have know anything until 11pm with the night news came on. I saw channel 29 vans on the scene. I checked their website an of course it was nothing on it about the wreck. I think checked our (local) newspaper sites to see if they had anything again of course nothing. I live here in afton an it is super nice to finally have someone in the community that will report & post events as they happy. Due your quick thinking of posting this on your site you saved a lot of people from being stuck in the traffic for hours & people was able to follow the progress of the road opening. Again, I thank you for such great job you did yesterday. Our whole family thanks you for looking after our grandfather/father. It proves that it is some people around here with big hearts an the care about other people. I am pleased to say thank you & you did a great job. Keep up the good work. Best Regards Diane G. I would like to say you did a great job covering this story. I was in the traffic on one side & my grandfather on the other side. He is in his 90′s. We did everything to find hiim then we found out that he was in your yard. With the updates up had for everyone an with the kindness you should the eldry people we were able to locate my grandfather to make sure he was safe.

I would first like to thank you & your wife for taking in my grandfather an making sure he had something to drink in the heat that was very sweet of you both.

Second thank you for covering this story if it hadn’t been for your site no one would have know anything until 11pm with the night news came on.

I saw channel 29 vans on the scene. I checked their website an of course it was nothing on it about the wreck. I think checked our (local) newspaper sites to see if they had anything again of course nothing.

I live here in afton an it is super nice to finally have someone in the community that will report & post events as they happy.

Due your quick thinking of posting this on your site you saved a lot of people from being stuck in the traffic for hours & people was able to follow the progress of the road opening.

Again, I thank you for such great job you did yesterday. Our whole family thanks you for looking after our grandfather/father.

It proves that it is some people around here with big hearts an the care about other people.

I am pleased to say thank you & you did a great job. Keep up the good work.

Best Regards
Diane G.

]]> By: Tommy http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Tommy Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:10:36 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/#comment-381 Concerned, Generally we don't respond to "Concerned Citizen or Anonymous" entries since we feel if someone is expressing an opinion they should be willing to put their name to it ... However we are making an exception in this case. First let us assure you we have taken the utmost care in this case to be compassionate in our reporting. We came from a side of the business that has no compassion, television news. We could have easily, and legally, shown far more in our photos. We opted to stay back, keep our views wide and only report on the progress and closure of 151. Don't believe it, take a look at what the television stations showed in the evening news, it was much closer and in tight. Our website had 300 hits in a very, very short time Thursday afternoon from folks wanting to know what was happening and why an entire two lane highway through the valley was shut down for 3 hours. We answered those questions by our live blogging. That's what live blogging / reporting is. As we had fresh updated information, we posted it. And corrected any misinformation. We almost immediately knew the identities of the people unfortunately killed in this tragic accident, but out of respect and compassion we have not reported it. We ourselves were interviewed by other media, and though we knew exactly where the family lived, we didn't tell them because we didn't want a bunch of TV reporters running to the home or the community asking people "how they feel." Only tonight after we received official confirmation from the Virginia State Police have we revealed the identity of the mother. We appreciate your comment, and understand your position. There is never a good way to report this type of tragedy, never. -T- Concerned,

Generally we don’t respond to “Concerned Citizen or Anonymous” entries since we feel if someone is expressing an opinion they should be willing to put their name to it … However we are making an exception in this case.

First let us assure you we have taken the utmost care in this case to be compassionate in our reporting. We came from a side of the business that has no compassion, television news. We could have easily, and legally, shown far more in our photos. We opted to stay back, keep our views wide and only report on the progress and closure of 151. Don’t believe it, take a look at what the television stations showed in the evening news, it was much closer and in tight.

Our website had 300 hits in a very, very short time Thursday afternoon from folks wanting to know what was happening and why an entire two lane highway through the valley was shut down for 3 hours. We answered those questions by our live blogging. That’s what live blogging / reporting is. As we had fresh updated information, we posted it. And corrected any misinformation.

We almost immediately knew the identities of the people unfortunately killed in this tragic accident, but out of respect and compassion we have not reported it. We ourselves were interviewed by other media, and though we knew exactly where the family lived, we didn’t tell them because we didn’t want a bunch of TV reporters running to the home or the community asking people “how they feel.”

Only tonight after we received official confirmation from the Virginia State Police have we revealed the identity of the mother.

We appreciate your comment, and understand your position. There is never a good way to report this type of tragedy, never.

-T-

]]> By: Concerned Citizen http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Concerned Citizen Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:22:16 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2007/08/30/breaking-greenfield-151-shutdown-at-greenfield-road/#comment-380 Personally I am appalled at how this was handled by the reporter and photographer. I understand that this is news, and it is your job to share it, but with so many pictures? And your comments..."chopper has landed...but apparently may not be needed." The family of these children and their mother had not yet been notified and you were publishing information for everybody to see. I feel this was extremely disrespectful, and my heart aches for the family. I was deeply upset and saddened to see the way this was written...I feel sickened by your lack of compassion. Personally I am appalled at how this was handled by the reporter and photographer. I understand that this is news, and it is your job to share it, but with so many pictures? And your comments…”chopper has landed…but apparently may not be needed.” The family of these children and their mother had not yet been notified and you were publishing information for everybody to see. I feel this was extremely disrespectful, and my heart aches for the family. I was deeply upset and saddened to see the way this was written…I feel sickened by your lack of compassion.

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