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Posted on June 17 at 4:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Neither johnjohn or badbyrd have been banned .. but believe me he was pushing the limit with the threats to pepper the site with postings and various sign-ons.
I'll blog about the request for the investigation when I have time to address that later tonight. That'll be at http://newsminer.com/weblogs/editors-des...
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Posted on June 17 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I deleted badbyrd this time. Baseless personal attacks against anyone, public official or not, run contrary to policy.
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Posted on May 31 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hi folks,
Not to worry, we will put the camera back at its traditional home once the painting is done. Right now all you would see is what we have to look at all day, however, translucent 3M plastic masking sheets. ... feels like we're working inside a bubble here.
I drove by the building this morning and the front windows are still covered. The painters are making progress, however, so maybe on Monday they will be ready to uncover the Arctic Cam window.
Stay tuned.
Posted on May 30 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
OK, here's the deal.
The painters are working on the front of the building through the weekend. We should be back to our old view sometime in the first part of next week.
I will post some before and after shots of the building on my blog, http://newsminer.com/weblogs/editors-des... sometime this weekend for those who are just too curious.
The view now is looking out one of the windows of our business office on the west side of our building. The view is to the southwest. The big building in the middle of the view is the Fairbanks North Star Borough office building. If you look closely, just to the left and partially obscured by the borough building, is the old Masonic Temple. This historic building is on 1st Ave. across the Chena River.
Posted on May 30 at 10:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
NEW VIEW ... coming soon.
The coverings have been removed from the windows in our business office and we have an available network cable over there. We will have a short "intermission" while we unplug and move. ..
Posted on May 30 at 8:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Those painters are quick!
Well, welcome to the "view behind the cam" ...casual Friday in the newsroom.
The guy in the front there is Jeff Richardson, our features editor.
Pretty quiet here right now.
Posted on May 30 at 8:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hi folks,
It's more than just painting "day" at the News-Miner. The entire building is being painted and we're about to ...if you haven't as I write this ... lose the view.
We're going to try and have some fun with the 'cam while we spruce up the building. We'll move it here and there around the building -- although as I look around this morning I see quite a few of the upstairs windows are covered. Some have been covered for days.
We may turn it around and look inside the building for awhile. We're open to suggestions --within reason.
Posted on May 22 at 9:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
James is rehashing some old ground.
This, from an earlier entry in my editor's blog:
"The masthead in the print edition of the News-Miner lists members of the editorial board including myself, Publisher Marilyn Romano, Assistant Managing Editor Rod Boyce, Columnist Dermot Cole and Publisher Emeritus Charles Gray.
Each day the paper and our Web site feature what some call an “unsigned editorial” that is representative of the newspaper’s and the board’s view..."
http://newsminer.com/weblogs/editors-des...
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Posted on May 20 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The only reason I didn't pull the first comment is because I'm sensitive to pulling comments about the News-Miner. But my first thought was that it was completely off topic.
The editorial begs a conversation about civic duty and/or people's hesitancy to engage in the public commitment that comes with running for office. Lack of qualified candidates running for local office is a serious problem. But this exchange is about the newspaper, advertising rates and now you incorrectly call the newspaper a monopoly.
And so we have this string. An example of why we pull off-topic comments.
Is anyone paying higher rates than what the NM charges businesses? No one is pays higher (or lower) rates for newspaper advertising in Fairbanks because this is the only newspaper in Fairbanks. But some may believe the rates they pay for direct mail advertising, internet, TV or radio advertising is, as gauged by results and audience reached, much more expensive. You'd have to poll area business managers and accountants on where they think they get the most bang for their bucks.
My bet would be that the best value is with the local newspaper, which is an excellent advertising vehicle — even though it is far from being a monopoly.
And your rephrasing doesn't work. No, the News-Miner doesn't have lower advertising rates than what are charged to candidates because candidates are charged the same as everyone else (with the possible exception of local non-profits or fundraising campaigns the News-Miner helps with donated advertising space).
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Posted on July 5 at 6:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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