In-depth report on the future of the New East Baltimore project, which has suffered serious setbacks, despite its ambitious goals to become the largest urban development in the nation. This excellent investigative report, part of a five-story series from the Daily Record, provides good factual information fairly, with perspectives from a variety of stakeholders in this controversial issue.

The series overall leaves much to be desired as it relates to the concept of "in-depth" or investigative. What little I know about the project causes me to question the slant of the reporting. The article based on the school didn't add much to the discussion. On the other hand, the Daily Record is to be applauded for investing the resources into offering this story a platform for the public to consider it.

This would seem to be an in-depth investigative piece, presenting multiple points of view. I can cite no part of it that I know for certain is erroneous or slanted. Therefore I must cautiously assume it to be an informative article. However, I have past experiences with this publication that cause me to bring a skeptical eye to it. In the past, on stories related to an issue I was intimately familiar with, The Senator Theatre, I noted that this publication appears to have a bias in favor of Baltimore's political power structure and the Baltimore Development Corporation in particular. Not being familiar with the issues in this article, however, I do not detect such a slant here.

This is a very informative piece.

Having now read the entire series I would like to compliment The Daily Record for dedicating the time, resources, and space for the thorough coverage they gave this issue. Reading it harkened me back to the days when print journalism consistently provided this in-depth coverage on local and national issues. It has been a real pleasure to have a great story surface once again. Let's hope we see more from all of our media.

Good balance of citing community disappointment, anger, distrust as well as business and academia views. Context of recession, comparison to other past developments, etc. Good balance.