Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson probably cringes every time he gets a phone call from Channel 9 reporter Deborah Sherman. Twice in recent days, questions she's posed to him related to an identity-theft story have made him, and the DPD as a whole, seem like Keystone cops.
The tale began when Denver resident Brandon Michael purchased the contents of a storage unit at auction, only to discover that these items included hundreds of passports, birth certificates, driver's licenses
Jace Larson and Deborah Sherman in a promo about a promo.The web offers TV reporters tremendous opportunities for self-promotion -- but because they're supposed to be objective, most of them steer clear of voicing their opinions on stories they've covered or expressing strongly held views that might suggest a bias about certain topics.
So -- what to blog and/or Twitter about? In the case of Jace Larson, a journalist who's been working for Channel 9 since October 2007, not a whole heckuva