Romenesko

Baltimore Sun
Nick Madigan says New York tabloid editors won't apologize for their coverage of the rape and murder of Imette St. Guillen. "Not to be crass, but the fact that she was an attractive young brunette, a grad student here in New York, from a prestigious Boston school before that, obviously all that didn't hurt the story," New York Daily News metro editor Dean Chang. "It added to whatever formula makes up a compelling story."