It's nice to see another reporter on here. I have been a newspaper reporter since 1998. I have a feeling there are more reporters around here who haven't identified themselves as such.
I haven't read all of the press on this case. So I can't speak much about the reporting that has taken place. But the lack of information on the live-in guest suggests to me that he hasn't been available to the press and that the investigators have been tight-lipped about him.
I think reporters have done a poor job of asking questions. Part of that is because lead investigators don't care to talk to the media and haven't been very accessible. Another part is that a lot of media outlets have cut staff and don't have the resources to put a reporter on a big case.
If I was working this case, I'd be pestering the investigators. It's not their job to provide every detail to the media, but it's a reporter's job to try getting information. Obviously, you have to be considerate and polite. But you also have to be persistent.
My guess is that several of the reporters working the Celina Cass case are young and somewhat inexperienced. In those small cities, most of the reporters are probably working at weeklies, which don't pay the kind of salaries that you'd see at a major daily. Those sorts of jobs tend to be for less experienced reporters. They are typically entry-level jobs. That's not always the case. But it's often the case. It's how I started and how most reporters get their start. News reporters tend to move to bigger and fancier publications once they have spent some time developing their skills.
