Should have been front page

What kind of news makes the Sun Journal's front page? Doesn't an Amber Alert meet the criteria for the front page?

On Nov. 10, I was shocked to see the Amber Alert story about the 2-year-old Sanford girl on an inside page instead of on Page 1. There were a lot of people who didn't know about the Amber Alert until they looked inside the paper.

That might have kept some people from keeping an eye out for the missing girl.

If you want to find someone like that, I would hope that the newspaper would put it on the front page next time.

Jeanne Cole, Rumford

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Remarkably, this has been

Remarkably, this has been Maine's first Amber Alert since it was enacted. Mistakes were made, but much went right. It was a learning experince for many in Maine's media, the first time outside of training sessions that they had to really do it. If there is another alert, then the JSJ and other Maine newspapers may be better able to react now that they see where their bugs are.

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