[Seattle-editorial] Brandon's proposed feature

[jonathan lawson]

Brandon,

Very important story, I agree--does this seems more like an article than a 
feature? I'm not sure what the central idea is. The NOW angle is very good, 
but the predominance of corporate media links kind of undercuts the implied 
criticism of the media buzz. All the basic information is from McClatchy 
and Hearst papers, thus doesn't offer "independent" information--this is 
why we have in the past generally avoided linking to corporate media stories.

My suggestion is to hone down the feature to the domestic violence/NOW 
critique angle--perhaps with a swipe at the hypocritical police 
protoect-thier-own impulse, and flesh it out with more local stuff--maybe 
local resources for battered women, online resources for women ... I found 
these:
http://www.wscadv.org/index.htm
http://www.scn.org/crisis/assault.html
http://www.protectionorder.org/
http://www.womenindistress.com/shelter_washington.html
http://www.cityofseattle.net/courts/links/dvlinks.htm
http://www.metrokc.gov/dad/guide/danger.htm
http://hr.dop.wa.gov/helpacademy/resource/DVresource.html
http://www.cityofseattle.net/courts/prob/DVprob.htm
http://www.pscs.org/~dv/index.html
http://www.dvinstitute.org/

hope that helps --some good writing here!
Jonathan