Following the news that the Mail Tribune had prevailed in a legal action to get Sheriff Mike Winters to release the names of concealed weapons permit holders, I received an expected batch of e-mails from unhappy Second Amendment advocates. I reassured them that we will not publish the list of names of Jackson County’s concealed weapons permit [...]
Our news content in the weekly A&E Tempo magazine took a little jolt last year with the addition of a new column titled “The Night Crawler.” Written by Chris Conrad, our 20-something emergency services reporter, the column is an often irreverent look at the good, the bad and the off-key of the Rogue Valley’s entertainment fare. [...]
I received a voice mail yesterday from an acquaintance who expressed his concern, in a constructive way, about the amount of negative news in the paper. It’s ironic, because the message came a day after I had a bit of a meltdown over the same thing during our daily story meeting. It seems we are just [...]
I was looking at a local TV station’s Web site a couple of days ago and noticed a plea for better behavior by users of their forum. It seems to be a common thread — there are always a few idiots who want to use the anonymity of the forums to denigrate others, spread bogus information or [...]
