It's a legitimate question. We had a female reviewer whose life was proving too tough to fit in the writing. Karin Grubb is reviewing the odd piece for us, and we have a new, yet to be named female reviewer. Finding good reviewers - male or female - is difficult. They need to be observant, sharp, understand what they're writing about (most 'reviews' you'll find on the internet are just people copying and pasting product attributes and adding one or two personal quibbles, which is not a review) and, importantly, be able to write well.
Counterpart reviews are a great idea, but in real life, the reality of coordinating that would be difficult in most cases. Not to say we won't try it! Thanks for the feedback.
*I do feel like this might be a good time to point out the difference between us and the NSMBA. Not sure if that was an autocorrect/typo, but for anyone else reading this that may not know, NSMB is us - the magazine - and the NSMBA is the Association aka Trail Advocacy group here on the shore.
Feb. 21, 2023, 3:26 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
It's a legitimate question. We had a female reviewer whose life was proving too tough to fit in the writing. Karin Grubb is reviewing the odd piece for us, and we have a new, yet to be named female reviewer. Finding good reviewers - male or female - is difficult. They need to be observant, sharp, understand what they're writing about (most 'reviews' you'll find on the internet are just people copying and pasting product attributes and adding one or two personal quibbles, which is not a review) and, importantly, be able to write well. Counterpart reviews are a great idea, but in real life, the reality of coordinating that would be difficult in most cases. Not to say we won't try it! Thanks for the feedback. *I do feel like this might be a good time to point out the difference between us and the NSMBA. Not sure if that was an autocorrect/typo, but for anyone else reading this that may not know, NSMB is us - the magazine - and the NSMBA is the Association aka Trail Advocacy group here on the shore.