392462 Mon Apr 16 22:37:11 -0700 2007 7 30 Site Talk 0 2487635 This story is ABOUT an LA personality. It belongs on the LA Board, not on some geographically ambiguous "Media" board, and the site monitors' continued yanking it from where it belongs to where it emphatically doesn't is gaining them no friends. Jonathon Gold is LA's news first and foremost, everyone else's somewhere WAAaaayyy down the line. Mon Apr 16 22:37:11 -0700 2007 11478 Will Owen 1 2487645 The LA Board is specifically for sharing chow tips on LA, not for discussing LA personalities or other non-chow LA stuff. Thanks for helping us keep our boards focused on the mission of sharing chow tips. Mon Apr 16 22:43:35 -0700 2007 2487635 2 The Chowhound Team 2 2487866 Jeez! Won't you guys reconsider the prioritizing? I would think the local-ness would override the media-ness of this kind of thread. Tue Apr 17 05:17:32 -0700 2007 2487645 13619 Sharuf 3 2489918 Sorry, the local boards for strictly for the discussion of local food, not of local food critics. Tue Apr 17 15:36:34 -0700 2007 2487866 2 The Chowhound Team 1 2488579 There's a link from the LA board to the Food Media and News board. A restaurant critic winning a Pulitzer is of more than local interest. Tue Apr 17 09:52:27 -0700 2007 2487635 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 2489064 Regardless of how one feels about this policy, it's easily dealt with. Simply insert a brief note on your local board directing interested L.A. residents to the discussion on the Food News and Media Board. Include a direct link to the topic on the FNMB. We had a similar situation in Phoenix last week, and the brief note I posted on the SW Board directed interested Phoenicians over to the FNMB, where a lively discussion followed. Tue Apr 17 11:52:58 -0700 2007 2487635 26466 silverbear 2 2489507 You beat me to it, silverbear. Besides, Jonathan Gold deserves national recognition. Tue Apr 17 13:45:50 -0700 2007 2489064 10059 ChinoWayne 1 2495691 Jonathan Gold did some incredible reviews for Gourmet Magazine on New York restaurants. Long and carefully researched, they were a treasure. I would run to newsstands where you could read magazines without paying just to read them. Then, perhaps overwhelmed by the plethora of great food in NY, he moved to LA. But his Pulitzer is of interest to New Yorkers. And to everybody, since I think it's the first prize for a Chowhound. Thu Apr 19 09:05:21 -0700 2007 2487635 11362 Brian S