January 5, 2017 at 5:32 p.m.
Join us in resolutions for new year
Editorial
A month ago, The Commercial Review was honored for the second time in three years as the best small newspaper in Indiana.
Accolades are always fun to receive. But the real benefit of such competitions is self-evaluation with an eye on improvement.
As 2017 begins, that is our focus.
Over the last several years, we’ve expanded our business, entertainment and agriculture coverage, improved our website and social media presence and made sure local stories and photos are always prominent on our front page. But there is still so much more to be done.
Here are some of our resolutions/goals for the coming year:
•To produce more in-depth stories on key local issues.
•To expand use of both live and produced video.
•To look deeper at how state/national stories have an impact locally.
•To provide photo galleries from more local events.
•To contribute more to the Associated Press so that the important stories from our community have a chance to reach a wider audience.
That’s just a partial list, but it’s a good start.
In addition to our own internal efforts, we also want to ask our readers, our community to make a new year’s resolution.
If there’s something you think might be of interest for a story, let us know.
With a small staff, it’s impossible to keep an eye on everything. That’s where you come in.
Many of our best, most interesting stories have come from reader tips or suggestions.
This year’s Thanksgiving edition included pieces about local Boy Scouts hiking the Appalachian Trail and groups collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Both came from ideas submitted by readers.
Now we just want that pattern to grow.
For a variety of reasons — feasibility, time or an unwilling subject — we won’t use every suggestion. But we can only pursue stories if we know about them.
So if there’s something interesting going on that you’d like to see in the newspaper, let us know. Email [email protected] or call (260) 726-8141.
With your help, we hope to continue to improve and build on our award-winning tradition. — R.C.
Accolades are always fun to receive. But the real benefit of such competitions is self-evaluation with an eye on improvement.
As 2017 begins, that is our focus.
Over the last several years, we’ve expanded our business, entertainment and agriculture coverage, improved our website and social media presence and made sure local stories and photos are always prominent on our front page. But there is still so much more to be done.
Here are some of our resolutions/goals for the coming year:
•To produce more in-depth stories on key local issues.
•To expand use of both live and produced video.
•To look deeper at how state/national stories have an impact locally.
•To provide photo galleries from more local events.
•To contribute more to the Associated Press so that the important stories from our community have a chance to reach a wider audience.
That’s just a partial list, but it’s a good start.
In addition to our own internal efforts, we also want to ask our readers, our community to make a new year’s resolution.
If there’s something you think might be of interest for a story, let us know.
With a small staff, it’s impossible to keep an eye on everything. That’s where you come in.
Many of our best, most interesting stories have come from reader tips or suggestions.
This year’s Thanksgiving edition included pieces about local Boy Scouts hiking the Appalachian Trail and groups collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Both came from ideas submitted by readers.
Now we just want that pattern to grow.
For a variety of reasons — feasibility, time or an unwilling subject — we won’t use every suggestion. But we can only pursue stories if we know about them.
So if there’s something interesting going on that you’d like to see in the newspaper, let us know. Email [email protected] or call (260) 726-8141.
With your help, we hope to continue to improve and build on our award-winning tradition. — R.C.
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