sago dilemma

Here’s an truly interesting interview by the Canadian radio program “As It Happens” on the Sago mining tragedy. (Requires Realplayer). Zoe Ludski, the news director of West Virginia’s WDNE radio and a resident of Buckhannon, W. Va., is the guest.

Zoe, whom I met down there, got a heads up as early as 12:45 a.m. that the miners hadn’t survived. But she didn’t run with the story.

“I’m not going to do it before the families hears” their loved ones had perished, Zoe says. “I had my priorities and my ethics in a very specific fashion, and I don’t think that that’s a popular fashion for national TV right now, but that’s how I work.”