RE: opinion

[Steve Cooke <scooke@uidaho.edu>]

LuJane
would you consider posting the Eagle on the vision2020 listserver? is that a good idea?
Steve Cooke

-----Original Message-----
From:	LuJane [SMTP:lujane@lataheagle.com]
Sent:	Thursday, June 03, 1999 11:45 AM
To:	susan.palmer@mail.ww.cc.wa.us; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject:	Re: opinion 

the plan is never to do "investigative journalism" unless the need for the
Eagle to do this is made clear. Daily newspapers have that job and that is
where they should focus (in my opinion). thanks Susan for the favorable
words as well about the Eagle. i feel there is a real need for this type of
paper in the county and have felt that way for 20 years (this has been in
the planning and I have saved my pennies to this end for that long).

Steve asked what would be different than what they are now doing? Some of
the things i pick up here i could use - minutes of meetings etc. But even
these have no detail really. I suppose what would be different would be to
write down what you have happening or know about in a form that could be
used without much editing. Even the editing takes time and we have a staff
of two.



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-----Original Message-----
From: susan.palmer@mail.ww.cc.wa.us <susan.palmer@mail.ww.cc.wa.us>
To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>; vision2020@moscow.com
<vision2020@moscow.com>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: opinion


>     LuJane,
>
>     I am a subscriber, and dutiful reader, of the Eagle--despite the fact
>     that I am working in Walla Walla. I am glad you posted this, and as a
>     reader I have often wished someone would contribute just a little more
>     about the Moscow vicinity. Mostly, though, I read it to be more
>     connected to the outlying towns and activities in the county. Although
>     I am unable to volunteer, I think it would be great if someone on the
>     list might consider making contributions for Moscow.
>
>     It is important, as you note, that folks remember that the Eagle is a
>     community newspaper, as opposed to investigative journalism, etc. I
>     have never been particularly fond of community newspapers elsewhere,
>     but have been favorably impressed with the Eagle.
>
>     Susan Palmer
>
>
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>Subject: opinion
>Author:  <vision2020@moscow.com> at ~Internet
>Date:    6/3/99 11:06 AM
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>
>I have not posted to this group yet (I am new to the list) as I have been
>watching and gleaning. Let me introduce myself. I am the publisher of the
>LatahEagle. We've been publishing just a year now. We did buy the Kendrick
>Gazette and merged it with the Eagle giving us a rich history through the
>Gazette. Our intent is to cover Latah County news focusing on the "good"
>news rather than the bad. We try hard to not go out of our way to
>sensationalize anything that is negative but only to report the bare facts.
>
>We are doing a very good job, in my opinion, in many of the small towns in
>Latah County but have been sidestepping Moscow because of lack of personnel
>to do a decent job there. With a network of people such as yourself,
>however, the reporting can be done by residents there sending us the info
>and us reworking and publishing. It is a "community newspaper" concept used
>everywhere but Moscow has never really had a community newspaper so the
>concept is not known or used there. The towns that are used to having a
>community paper handle their job well (such as Kendrick and Juliaetta and
>Potlatch - Troy is coming but it has been many years since they had a paper
>of their own - gosh, probably about 20 years).
>
>My question to you all is whether or not this group could serve in that
>capacity or even if this concept would ever catch on there? I plan to cover
>Moscow the best I can anyway and when the funds are available to hire a
full
>time person with the job of "Moscow"...
>
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>LuJane Nisse, Publisher
>The Boomerang!
>visit us on the web at
>http://www.palouse.com/business/boomerang
>(updated periodically)
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