Wisconsin Gov., Wright procolamation

Mark Hertzberg · Post by **Mark Hertzberg** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:10 pm

Gov. Jim Doyle recognizes April 9 as Wright Remembrance Day... Text of the proclamation is at:

http://my.journaltimes.com/post/wright- ... ation.html

Mark Hertzberg

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:13 pm

WHEREAS

The posters at Wright Chat will respectfully observe the day, April 9th, 2009;

NOW, THEREFORE

The next step is to create a national holiday...

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:34 pm

While the country was distracted by a war and other unpleasantries, the centennial of the first big decade of Wright's career slipped by, unremarked.
This year, for instance, is the 100th birthday of the Robie house. We can hope that national attention to Wright's ongoing centenary will commence
forthwith.

SDR

Jeff Myers · Post by **Jeff Myers** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:34 pm

Okay a National holiday might be hard to get but maybe every state should recognize April 9th as Wright Remembrance Day. I wonder if the President will say something he is ,of course, from Chicago. I wonder what the media will do. I am in favor of a National Frank Lloyd Wright Remembrance Day but it cannot be a day you get out of school or a federal holiday it will just be a day on the calender that sates that April 9th and June 8th as Wright Remembrance Day.
Jeff

SpringGreen · Post by **SpringGreen** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:29 am

Thanks, Mark, for posting this information. The Taliesin Preservation website has the proclamation on there, also. It would be nice if the WI news stations commented on it, too (but you never know what their schedules are).

Mark Hertzberg · Post by **Mark Hertzberg** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:10 am

This is, frankly, of interest to a relatively small number of people. I am a journalist at a daily newspaper, and we do not cover news of proclamations for several reasons.

They are rarely 'news.' They are a symbolic, ceremonial thing, like this one, executed at the behest of someone involved with a given organization or symbolically recognizing a person who might be retiring or receiving some other recognition. Let us come up with a solid story about the person or entity being honored, rather than the symbolic piece of paper. In this vein, Wright in Wisconsin has gotten good press about the Burnham Street project.

There are more and more demands on space and air time. Newspapers have shrinking newsholes. There are many stories we cannot get in to give space to announcements of proclamations. And, if we cover one, why not the plethora of others that come along?

In the same vein, we don't shoot check presentations; if they are that important we show what was bought. We don't cover award presentations; we do a story about the person in the context of why they are being honored. We don't do ground-breakings; we photograph the construction if the project is that important.

Mark Hertzberg

outside in · Post by **outside in** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:40 am

I think this is worth a chuckle:

WHEREAS Wright revived the â€œPrairieâ€� architectural style, popular with contemporary designers and home buyers; and

revived???

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:56 pm

Mark Hertzberg wrote:Newspapers have shrinking newsholes.

Mark Hertzberg

And THIS is why the 'Merkin newspaper is doomed. *sigh*

Mark Hertzberg · Post by **Mark Hertzberg** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:14 pm

I do not want to debate the profession here, but the number of news pages is proportionate to advertising. As advertising has fallen off, we have all had to cut the number of pages.

We are still the leading source of news in our area, but a growing number of readers get the news for free on-line.

Mark Hertzberg