Beware of the blog, Croydon Ad reporters

And now, an insight into the world of local newspapers courtesy of Croydon Advertiser editor Ian Carter. "Which Croydon Advertiser reporter was sent out to find some of the borough's most beautiful people for a feature this week and accidentally ended up interviewing a convicted gang rapist?" writes Carter on his blog. "And which reporter on a sister title took photos of today's celebrating A-level students on her own digital camera, and then handed the card over to the picture desk - completely forgetting they had some very interesting personal shots on it?" Oo-er! It's good to know that the paper's staff don't mind having their dirty linen, as it were, washed in public. "You won't find the answers to those questions in this week's Advertiser, but it's still a pretty packed edition." Shame! "It's been smoother-than-usual deadline day so far, despite the news editor taking the morning off to attend a meeting at our parent company's Kensington HQ only to be told upon her arrival that she was a week early." It was at this point Monkey began to think it might be a spoof. Anyway, more news from the behind-the-scenes blog of the Croydon Advertiser soon. This one could run and run.