tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66117623173088620832024-03-12T23:52:10.373-04:00Tell the EditorA conversation between readers and the editor of The Morning Journal in Lorain, OhioTom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-83884731294308278022012-05-24T18:35:00.000-04:002012-05-24T18:35:33.913-04:00Get the picture? Share it with everyone<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQxN0HOekY4/T76272G4AVI/AAAAAAAAB24/NqqrXjRtTsk/s1600/hoovernaptime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQxN0HOekY4/T76272G4AVI/AAAAAAAAB24/NqqrXjRtTsk/s200/hoovernaptime.jpg" width="150" /></a>Today, The Morning Journal rolled out its new Olapic photo-sharing feature that lets readers share pictures in galleries on our website, <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/">www.MorningJournal.com</a>.<br />
A few photos, like the one here, are already posted in the galleries called Pets and Favorite Places.<br />
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You can share your photos with us, and we'll share our photos with you too in the galleries which will grow in size, number and variety as more photos are received.<br />
All submitted photos are moderated by us before they are posted into a gallery. And we can create galleries for all kinds of things, as you like: news, sports, prom photos, Memorial Day event pictures, weather pictures, cute children pictures ... the list is virtually endless, so don't be shy about sending photos and making suggestions about galleries.<br />
In fact, we've already got galleries waiting for you to share your prom photos and your Memorial Day weekend photos -- and you can be the first to put pictures into them.
<a href="http://yourpics.morningjournal.com/galleries">Here's a peek at our initial photo galleries.</a>Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-9347369315186524812011-12-14T13:57:00.002-05:002011-12-14T14:46:11.708-05:00Presenting unpleasant realities in the news<h6 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline"><div class="actorDescription"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--IqVCuc8zrA/Tujy1U7eCKI/AAAAAAAABb0/y2Je3I8BqJQ/s1600/Shooting+_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="443" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--IqVCuc8zrA/Tujy1U7eCKI/AAAAAAAABb0/y2Je3I8BqJQ/s640/Shooting+_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="actorName"> Below are a couple of comments we received on Facebook in reaction to the photo, above, of Travis Stidham spotlighted by a police helicopter, holding a gun to his head just before he fatally shot himeself, ending the manhunt that began when he shot and wounded Lorain County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Crausaz on Dec. 12. </span></span></div><div class="actorDescription"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="actorName"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="actorDescription"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="actorName">Presenting unpelasant realities in the news often draws complaints from some readers. Below the complaints is the response I provided, explaining how we look at the question.</span></span></div><div class="actorDescription"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="actorName"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="actorDescription"><span class="actorName"><span style="font-size: small;">What's your opinion on how unpleasant news should be presented in the newspaper and online, or not presented. Click the red "Comment" link below this post to have your say. -- Tom Skoch, Editor</span></span></div><div class="actorDescription"><span class="actorName"><br />
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</span></div><div class="actorDescription"></div><div class="actorDescription"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="actorName"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=755593548" href="https://www.facebook.com/ashley.bolf">Ashley Bolf</a><img alt="posted to" class="wallArrowIcon" src="https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/rsrc.php/v1/yw/r/drP8vlvSl_8.gif" /><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=284991169175" href="https://www.facebook.com/MorningJournal">The Morning Journal</a></span></span></div></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">I find it very unnessary to have a picture on the front page of Travis with a gun to his head. Don't you think his family and friends are going through enough as it is? Then to look at the paper this morning to see that. Little kids look and read the news papers. How would you feel if your child came to you at a young age and asked what that man in the paper is doing? I knew Travis not very well and I still don't like seeing this when I look at the paper and see that slideshow. Very unnessary!!! Rude thats all it</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><img alt="" class="uiProfilePhoto uiProfilePhotoMedium img" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/369618_1583275653_1759837917_q.jpg" /><span style="font-size: small;"><a class="actorName" data-ft="{"type":35}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1583275653" href="https://www.facebook.com/melody.foxgallam">Melody Fox-Gallam</a> very un caring and should be done differently.</span></h6><span class="uiStreamFooter"></span><br />
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4ee8ed8a3cba87908966383"><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Our task is to report accurately on life, pleasant and unpleasant, so readers can have a better understanding of the world they live in daily. The photo shows the intensity of the manhunt, it helps to verify the police account of what happ<span class="text_exposed_show">ened, it shows why so many people in the area of the incident were frightened. It also captures the state Travis Stidham was in at the moment. It simply presents the facts of this incident. People can use this photographic knowledge to assess what happened, and maybe draw lessons from it that are helpful. We would do the community a disservice by hiding unpleasant realities from the public. Presenting facts for the public's benefit is our job. Deciding what children should see or not see is for individual parents to decide.</span></span></div><br />
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What you just read above is a running account of the shooting of a deputy, the manhunt for the suspect and its aftermath, all pulled together from Twitter with Storify. The tweets were from my own Twitter account and mirrored those we sent on The Morning Journal's Twitter account @MorningJournal. They offer facts and link to more-complete news stories online.<br />
The use of newer tools like Twitter and Storify, Facebook and updates on the web and by text alert are all part of The Morning Journal's digital first method of news coverage.<br />
The shooting of Lorain County Deputy Charles Crausaz on Monday night, followed by an intense manhunt that ended with suspect Travis Stidham killing himself as lawmen closed in was a story that unfolded over about 90 minutes.<br />
When the first call of an officer being shot came across the police scanner, the newsroom quickly shifted gears to focus on the breaking story.<br />
Veteran photographer Jim Bobel headed for the LaGrange Township area where the drama was taking place.<br />
Reporter Rick Payerchin turned from writing about Lorain City Hall to monitoring the police scanner and working the phone to reach out to authorities and people in the area for information.<br />
Reporter Allison Strouse returned from covering an Avon Lake City Council meeting and headed toward LaGrange to gather facts. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6oP-TUkEEes/TufDmCio24I/AAAAAAAABbs/Q13a9V3qj1Y/s1600/Shooting_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6oP-TUkEEes/TufDmCio24I/AAAAAAAABbs/Q13a9V3qj1Y/s320/Shooting_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bit by bit as the facts came in, we put out the word on www.MorningJournal.com as well as by SMS text alert, Twitter and Facebook. We reached out to online readers on Facebook for information and they also began reacting to the story as it was taking place.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SOr1ZchZfe0/TufC994b5YI/AAAAAAAABbk/inwixVGZkcs/s1600/Shooting+_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="440" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SOr1ZchZfe0/TufC994b5YI/AAAAAAAABbk/inwixVGZkcs/s640/Shooting+_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim Bobel's photo shows suspect Travis Stidham, spotlighted by a police helicopter, before shooting himself.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Payerchin got information from the scanner and from frightened residents in the neighborhood where the manhunt took place. <br />
Strouse talked with investigators in LaGrange about the shooting and manhunt and got video of a briefing by the sheriff.<br />
Bobel scored a news coup by being in the right place at the right time. Seeing the police helicopter in the sky, he drove toward it and came upon the suspect running in a field, gun to his head, and spotlighted by the helicopter's search beam.<br />
Bobel got photos of that dramatic image, and seconds later, the suspect shot himself in the head.<br />
Phoning in to tell me what he had seen and photographed, Bobel then had to wait to be interviewed by investigators before he returned to the newsroom and his powerful photos were added to the story online. The photos will appear in print with followup coverage. <br />
The next afternoon Payerchin and photographer Anna Norris teamed up to bring readers live streaming video of the investigators' news conference with the latest on the continuing story, as it was happening.<br />
The human tragedy is as old as humanity.<br />
The basic reporting principles of getting the facts fast and accurately is traditional.<br />
But the new digital tools and techniques available today, enable us to bring readers the story as it develops, and as they react and even help offer what they know.<br />
Digital first journalism is what we live and breathe at www.MorningJournal.com and The Morning Journal, and we invite you to join us in the daily adventure.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-54583301665590401692011-10-24T12:35:00.001-04:002011-10-24T12:38:39.393-04:00Competition brings out the "best" performance<span style="font-size: small;">We announced this 2011 Best Daily Newspaper in Ohio under 100,000 circulation award we won awhile ago, but just picked it up Saturday at the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards ceremony at Windows on the River in downtown Cleveland. It's a plate of etched glass.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Morning Journal also won first place for Best Website for newspapers under 100K circulation and took second place in Page One Design. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZveEGZFZQNg/TqWPtNeiM3I/AAAAAAAABX8/spYIbgAHRLU/s1600/MJ+OHIOSPJ+BEST+DAILY+2011+AWARD.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZveEGZFZQNg/TqWPtNeiM3I/AAAAAAAABX8/spYIbgAHRLU/s320/MJ+OHIOSPJ+BEST+DAILY+2011+AWARD.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">That says a lot about the value of competition. This was a statewide contest, and the top two small newspapers in Ohio are both in Lorain County, where the competition is fierce.<br />
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The Ohio SPJ contest is a joint project of the SPJ chapters in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This year's judging was done by journalists in the Chicago, Philadelphia, Florida, and Washington, D.C. areas as well as SPJ Regions that span the middle of the country.</span>Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-11251866454527761392011-09-16T14:40:00.000-04:002011-09-16T14:40:21.262-04:00Thanks to our readers who engage, inform and motivate us!The Morning Journal won first place as the Best Daily Newspaper in Ohio under 100,000 circulation in the 2011 Ohio SPJ Awards competition. The website, www.MorningJournal.com, also won first place for Best Web Site.<br />
The newspaper also won second-place for Best Page One Design.<br />
The annual statewide journalism competition is sponsored by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists chapters in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.<br />
Winners will receive the awards on Oct. 22 in ceremonies at Windows on the River in downtown Cleveland.<br />
Earlier this year, in The Cleveland Press Club’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism competition, The Morning Journal tied for first place as best daily newspaper in Ohio of 100,000 or less circulation with its sister newspaper, The News-Herald in Lake County, and www.MorningJournal.com won second place for best website.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-23130765297281693572011-06-28T15:07:00.001-04:002011-06-28T15:08:36.644-04:00Being Mom2Amara newest blog in Community Media Lab<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monina Wagner, Mom2Amara</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>The lineup of blogs in The Morning Journal's Community Media Lab now features <a href="http://mom2amara.com/">Being Mom2Amara</a> by Monina Wagner of Avon.<br />
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What's it all about? Here's how she describes it: "Self proclaimed extraordinary mom. Mediocre homemaker. Wannabe runner. Life long Clevelander. And proud member of the 2011 Walt Disney World Moms Panel."<br />
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Mo posts frequently, so be sure to check back an see what's new with Being Mom2Amara.<br />
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If you have a blog, or would like to start one and become part of <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">The Community Media Lab</a>, just contact me at <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">tskoch@morningjournal.com</a>. Don't worry if you haven't got a blog started yet. We can help you create it and teach you how to operate it. Blogging is simple and fun.<br />
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Blogs can be about all sorts of topics. We're especially looking for bloggers who would like to write about what's going on in their cities, their neighborhoods, or clubs.<br />
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Blogs also can be about anything from block watch groups to church groups.<br />
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Hobbies also can be a great blog topic of interest to like-minded people.<br />
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The field of interests is wide open, and there's plenty of room in The Community Media Lab.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-38402417464916102872011-06-26T15:39:00.003-04:002011-06-28T15:09:00.784-04:00New fashion blog debuts in Community Media Lab<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E_4V90E9BHY/TgeLWZhCFVI/AAAAAAAABOs/G6JLtaG_Q9Y/s1600/blog_fashionpennpal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E_4V90E9BHY/TgeLWZhCFVI/AAAAAAAABOs/G6JLtaG_Q9Y/s1600/blog_fashionpennpal.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patricia Maristch, Fashion Penn Pal</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Check out the new <a href="http://fashionpennpal.tumblr.com/">Fashion Penn Pal</a> blog in the <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a>. Fashion-obsessed blogger Patricia Maristch calls her blog "the fashionista's 'partner in crime' and a guiding hand to the fashion-challenged." She loves fashion, and she loves shopping, and if that's your passion too, then you have a new Fashion Penn Pal.<br />
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The Commuity Media Lab also has a wide array of other blogs to catch your interest. Suzan Smith presents <a href="http://politicsarepersonalblog.blogspot.com/">Politics are Personal</a>. Jim Brooks offers personalized punditry that's <a href="http://jimbrookslines.blogspot.com/">Outside the Lines</a>. Dan Brady takes a fascinating look back at local history in <a href="http://danielebrady.blogspot.com/">Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia</a>.<br />
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There's more too: Inspiration, recipes, humor, Great Lakes living issues and Cleveland Browns talk in the Blawg Pound.<br />
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New local bloggers are welcome in the Community Media Lab, as are established bloggers. Just contact Tom Skoch, editor, at<a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com"> tskoch @morningjournal.com</a>. Our staff can help you get a blog set up and running and provide guidance as you grow.<br />
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A blog is a great way to connect with the community and let people know all about what's going on in your neighborhood, city, school or church organizations. Blogs can also connect with others who share your hobby interests, for example.<br />
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The Morning Journal's Community Media Lab is here to help bring it all together for you.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-40315420101337956042011-06-10T23:42:00.004-04:002011-06-12T17:46:39.619-04:00Morning Journal, sister paper tie for best in Ohio<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6oTqe6AoZw0/TfUxuVoHGBI/AAAAAAAABOc/Mvp4BveKyUM/s1600/skotchkessellbyersruss.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="419" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6oTqe6AoZw0/TfUxuVoHGBI/AAAAAAAABOc/Mvp4BveKyUM/s640/skotchkessellbyersruss.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption">Accepting the awards. That's me and Laura Kessel, managing editor of The News-Herald, whom I hired as a Morning Journal copy editor at the start of her journalism career. Then there's Ed Byers, Press Club president, and WKYC-TV news anchor Dick Russ who was the emcee for the awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy of The Press Club of Cleveland)</td></tr>
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<i> Lots of hard work by lots of hard-working news folks made possible the following short story written today ... and I just wanted to share the good news here:</i><br />
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<b>CLEVELAND</b> - The Morning Journal tied for first place as best daily newspaper in Ohio of 100,000 or less circulation with its sister newspaper, The News-Herald in Lake County on Friday.<br />
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The award came in The Cleveland Press Club Ohio Excellence in Journalism competition. Awards were announced Friday evening in ceremonies at the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Cleveland.<br />
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The Morning Journal also won second place for Best Web Site in Ohio as well as taking second place for Best Breaking News-Ongoing Story for "Officer Kerstetter Killed."<br />
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Sports Editor Colin Wilson won second place in Sports issue coverage for stories on Elyria Catholic High School's violation of Ohio High School Athletic Association rules.<br />
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The Press Club competition drew 800 entries from newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations statewide.<br />
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<i>Now, it's back to work for us ... every day is a fresh start. News to find, pages to fill.</i>Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-52497585752622012532011-05-13T18:25:00.002-04:002011-05-13T18:27:34.706-04:00The bridge column returns Monday May 16Let me tell you, there are still plenty of people around who play the game of bridge. I've heard from many of them. They were calling to complain after I recently eliminated the daily bridge column. <br />
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The bridge column was taken off the comics page as part of a recent redesign of that page. Nothing against bridge, but the column just didn't fit the new page anymore, and nobody had ever called to tell me how much they enjoyed the bridge column. Until I got rid of it.<br />
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Well, I have heard you all, and I am heeding your message: The bridge column will be back, starting on Monday. It will be found daily in the Classified ad section. Call it a two-fer. You can read the bridge column and browse the classified ads all in the same place.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-56522328442205749372011-04-25T13:46:00.001-04:002011-04-30T05:27:45.051-04:00Get local breaking news alerts on your phoneThe Morning Journal's digital-first news delivery is expanding. Now you can get our breaking news alerts by text message to your phone, as well as weather forecasts and alerts.<br />
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All you need to do is text MJNEWS to 22700, and you'll start receiving news alerts daily. Our service is free. Your phone system's normal message and data rates may apply. For weather forecasts and alerts text MJWEATHER to 22700.<br />
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Mobile news and weather alerts mean you're always in the loop, even when you're on the go and away from your computer. <br />
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Stay on top of the news latest local news and major breaking national and international headlines. Just text MJNEWS to 22700 and text MJWEATHER to 22700 to get started.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-43724382835304155632011-04-03T08:35:00.003-04:002011-04-03T08:40:50.842-04:00Citizen Journalism goes into action in the Community Media Lab<a href="http://bit.ly/9ooOmI">Community Media Lab</a> blogger Jim Brooks is showing what citizen journalism is all about in his Outside the Lines blog. Jim spotted a problem in a local park and it raised a question in his mind that ties into another local issue. He's digging for answers and will keep us all informed. <a href="http://bit.ly/fUUCww">To read more about it, click here.</a><br />
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<a class="twitter-timeline-link" href="http://bit.ly/fUUCww" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-14241175052068246432011-03-31T18:32:00.002-04:002011-03-31T18:36:11.597-04:00Can you live with this?On Friday, we'll have a story about how livable this area is, as ranked in the study that you can click on and read below. Take a look for yourself, then post a comment on the story Friday or on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MorningJournal">Facebook page.</a><br />
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The old one-way communication from the "reporter" to the "reader" has been replaced in today's new news ecology by a two-way collaboration. Reader and reporter together enable one another to inform the whole community, and be informed, in better and deeper ways than possible before.<br />
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A person atop a building in Japan shot the video above and it went up on YouTube. A friend of mine put a link to it on Facebook where I saw it and reposted it on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MorningJournal">The Morning Journal's Facebook page</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/morningjournal">Twitter</a> to share with readers.<br />
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So, my friend, a reader of The Morning Journal's coverage, provided information that enabled me to report the video he had found about the tsunami and share it with The Morning Journal's wider audience.<br />
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The same kind of reader-reporter engagement and collaboration can produce better local news coverage as well. That's exactly what happened in a big way last July 4 when we published a special <a href="http://jrcbenfranklinproject.wordpress.com/">Ben Franklin Project</a> edition of The Morning Journal and <a href="http://lor.jrcbenfranklin.com/">MorningJournal.com</a>. We used reader-generated story information and publishing tools freely available on the Internet. That project included all 18 daily newspapers in our parent firm, <a href="http://www.journalregister.com/">Journal Register Company</a>, where the boss, <a href="http://jxpaton.wordpress.com/">John Paton</a>, is leading our transformation from newspaper company to a groundbreaking digital-first news and information provider <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/">on the web</a> with video, in social media and in print.<br />
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The Ben Franklin Project edition was a demonstration project, but we're regularly using the same kinds of crowdsourcing techniques in gathering information, publishing reader-generated photos and video and putting the reader at the center of everything we do.<br />
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.Another way we are engaging with the community is by giving voice to local bloggers who report and analyze all kinds of topics in our <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a>. We help them get a blog started if they don't already have one, and we provide training and advice as necessary.<br />
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If you have ideas you'd like to share on how we can engage readers and collaborate in new and better ways, contact me at <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">tskoch@morningjournal.com</a>.<br />
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<a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">Also contact me if you would like to join our growing Community Media Lab.</a><br />
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Or, if you think we're going down the wrong path and have a better way to suggest, please let me know as well <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">by email</a>.<br />
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Let's join in transforming The Morning Journal and MorningJournal.com into your top digital-first source of local news and information. With your participation, we can shape a new and successful future for local news.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-21321391936270456282011-02-24T18:27:00.000-05:002011-02-24T18:27:08.221-05:00Good news for our newsroom<b>Today we learned The Morning Journal is a finalist in six AP award categories, which is great news for a newsroom. Here's the details ... </b><br />
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<b>COLUMBUS</b> — The Morning Journal is a finalist for six awards in the annual journalism competition sponsored by The Associated Press Society of Ohio in Division III, for newspapers with a circulation between 13,000 and 24,999.<br />
Editorial Page Editor Dan Smith is a finalist for Best Editorial Writer, Photographer Nate Parsons for Best Spot News Photo, reporters Kelly Metz and Megan Rozsa for Best Blog, The Morning Journal for Best Community Service, Copy Editor Celina Hutchens for Best Full Page Layout and The Morning Journal for Best Web Site.<br />
The finalists’ actual order of finish — first, second and third places — will be announced May 15 at the APSO convention in Columbus, along with the General Excellence, First Amendment and Special Recognition award winners. Entries were judged by editors from the Hibbing (Minn.) Daily Tribune and the Jersey City (N.J.) Journal.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-51831854357678756152011-02-23T16:53:00.003-05:002011-02-23T17:52:38.367-05:00CEO of The Morning Journal's parent firm: We will beat AOL's Patch and Huffington Post<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="390" src="http://blip.tv/play/goRrgqTULwI%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br />
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Journal Register Company is making good waves in the news world, and The Morning Journal is part of that crew. You, the reader, have a big role in shaping the daily news report in this new world of news. Let's talk about it! Just click on the "comments" link below to get started. -- Tom Skoch, Editor, The Morning JournalTom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-11266310940039373602010-12-21T12:23:00.002-05:002010-12-21T12:43:07.978-05:00Two new features for you <a href="http://morningjournal.com/">MorningJournal.com</a> has two new features I'd like to point out to you:<br />
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Today, we started a new feature called <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yb6wxox">"Editor's Pick"</a> on the front of MorningJournal.com. It highlights one story, from among many, that we think you'll find most interesting, informative and useful to read.<br />
The first story tells how Ohio learned today that it will lose two seats in Congress because of population changes, and Lorain's Rep. Betty Sutton is mentioned as one who could lose her seat after new districts are drawn.<br />
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Second, our <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a> is growing, and the newest blog to join the lineup is <a href="http://thekeeperofmyheart.blogspot.com/">The Keeper of My Heart,</a> described as "One woman's personal reflections, inspirationally motivated, thoughtful and encouraging." <a href="http://thekeeperofmyheart.blogspot.com/">Click here to check it out.</a><br />
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Email me, <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">Tom Skoch</a>, if you would like to set up a blog about doings in your community, your neighborhood group, school, church or social organization, or some other subject. The Morning Journal provides all the help needed to make it easy to get started. Hope to hear from you soon.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-50768721537722042152010-12-13T15:24:00.000-05:002010-12-13T15:24:33.924-05:00What's new in the Community Media Lab<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TQaA0BWYjZI/AAAAAAAABHk/l-Uurut1HDs/s1600/COS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TQaA0BWYjZI/AAAAAAAABHk/l-Uurut1HDs/s320/COS.jpg" width="320" /></a>Some interesting new blogs have recently joined our <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a>, with more in the works.<br />
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Just today, <a href="http://mikicagle.blogspot.com/">The Chronicles of Sam</a> made its debut. It tells the stories of "Sam" and other youngsters in the 5th grade classroom of Michelle Mason Cagle. The author is a 1985 Lorain High School grad who now lives and teaches in Oklahoma and still has lots of Lorain ties. The stories in her blog are heartfelt, and you just have to read for yourself to see what I mean.<br />
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Another recent blog is <a href="http://danielebrady.blogspot.com/">Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia</a> by Dan Brady of Sheffield Lake. It's a warm look back in local history as told in old ads, postcards, photos, places and other reminiscences. It's fun, informative, instructive and entertaining. <br />
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<a href="http://politicsarepersonalblog.blogspot.com/">Politics Are Personal</a>, by Suzan Smith brings the impact of political doings at all levels right down to the ground where we live and work each day.<br />
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The Community Media Lab offers lots more, take a look.<br />
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And if you would like to become a blogger in the Community Media Lab, we can get you all set up and started. Just contact me at <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">tskoch@morningjournal.com</a> about your blog idea.<br />
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Established bloggers are welcome to join too and have their local blogs showcased on the Community Media Lab page at <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/">www.MorningJournal.com</a>.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-55928629535685284822010-12-05T19:48:00.002-05:002010-12-05T19:53:55.692-05:00The community's newsroom<a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/12/05/opinion/mj3788296.txt">http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/12/05/opinion/mj3788296.txt<br />
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Follow the link above to read my Editor's Column on the community newsroom concept at The Morning Journal and other newsrooms in Journal Register Company.<br />
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Stop in and we can talk about the Community Media Lab and how you can take a role in helping us bring you the news you want, when and how you prefer to read the news.<br />
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You can reach me at tskoch@morningjournal.com, or by calling 440-204-6930.<br />
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What we're trying to do, and hope you'll join us, already is big news in the news world. <br />
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If you prefer, you can leave a comment by clicking on the red word "comment" below.<br />
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Hope to see you soon!Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-42958897561584019392010-11-24T19:27:00.005-05:002010-11-24T19:41:25.954-05:00Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This Thanksgiving we at The Morning Journal have a huge reason for giving "thanks." That's because this year we got a welcome chance to "re-energize" and catapult to the leading edge of the newspaper industry, along with our parent firm Journal Register Company.<br />
The spark was the arrival of John Paton as the new CEO of Journal Register Company. Paton brought the "digital first" style of giving our readers the news as it is happening, digital first, online and via social media, and then delivering the most complete, authoritative report available in print.<br />
Digital first and all that goes with it, is the best thing I've seen to give the newspaper business a new lease on the future.<br />
For someone like me who has spent four decades in love with an increasingly ailing newspaper business, it is a complete thrill to be part of this healthy new digital first initiative.<br />
Being able to share in this future-making among a talented, energetic and fired-up newsroom staff that I admire greatly is something to celebrate on Thanksgiving.<br />
Best wishes to all!<br />
And what about you? What are you giving thanks for this Thanksgiving? Share your thoughts with me and the community. Just click on the "comments" link below.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-52907771597989966052010-10-28T14:45:00.000-04:002010-10-28T14:45:55.313-04:00Get started with a local blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TMnCfB6l3EI/AAAAAAAABFM/wrzfm5LVHeE/s1600/medialab_promo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="98" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TMnCfB6l3EI/AAAAAAAABFM/wrzfm5LVHeE/s400/medialab_promo.gif" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This week, we just welcomed a new local blog on politics -- "<a href="http://politicsarepersonalblog.blogspot.com/">Politics Are Personal"</a> -- to the <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a> at The Morning Journal, and we're looking to help even more people get started blogging.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Blogs are easy to set up and we'll help you get started. All you need to bring along is your imagination, talent and a willingness to write frequent short blog posts on your topic of choice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What are blogs about? Most anything. But most importantly, they should focus on the local scene. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">That means writing about doings in your city or village council, or your township. It also could mean writing about what's happening in your school or school district. And, blogs can be about what's going on in your neighborhood, your church, social organization or club. Blogs can even be about topics such as hobbies and share information with like-minded local hobbyists.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">If you want to try blogging, we'll give you the help you need for a quick start, plus ongoing advice or help anytime you need it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><u>To get started, just email me -- Tom Skoch -- at</u></b><a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com"> tskoch@morningjournal.com</a>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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I'd like to see many more local bloggers in addition to those who presently are in the Community Media Lab. There's no end of news space on the Internet.<br />
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To that end, The Editor's Column which I write weekly will next be about the media lab and how readers can become writers and tell the news close to them through blogs we can help them to create. That column is coming on Sunday, Oct. 16, so please be sure to check it out in print or at <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/opinion">www.MorningJournal.com/opinion</a><br />
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Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">here's a video hint.</a>Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-54885974941712460092010-10-11T18:28:00.001-04:002010-10-11T18:29:03.569-04:00Try some pumpkin soup, and try your hand at community blogging, too<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TLOPdZuE2sI/AAAAAAAABEM/fX6snYFon68/s1600/pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TLOPdZuE2sI/AAAAAAAABEM/fX6snYFon68/s320/pumpkin.jpg" width="320" /></a>The frost isn't on the pumpkin quite yet, but the recipe for <a href="http://goo.gl/sFOe">Simple Pumpkin Soup</a> is ready for you to sample in Deb Brady's <a href="http://cookingeasywithdeb.blogspot.com/">Cooking Easy With Deb</a> blog in the <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/medialab/">Community Media Lab</a> on MorningJournal.com. <br />
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Cooking Easy With Deb is only one of several local blogs by regular people just like you in our Community Media Lab.<br />
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If you have a blog, or would like to start one, and be part of the Community Media Lab, send me an email at <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">tskoch@morningjournal.com</a> and share your idea. We'll give your blog a home with a built-in audience.<br />
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In the Community Media Lab we'll help you set it up a blog, show you how to update it and provide some basic guidance for your role as a community journalist.<br />
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Blogs can focus on most any topic from local politics, news in your neighborhood, doings at your church or social organization, recipes, hobbies, you name it.<br />
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Check out the Community Media Lab. We've got lots of room for more blogs, just contact me at <a href="mailto:tskoch@morningjournal.com">tskoch@morningjournal.com</a>.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-68634829809723365892010-07-13T12:07:00.004-04:002010-07-13T16:37:06.553-04:00Any local Steinbrenner memories you'd like to share, please comment below<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://media.vmixcore.com/vmixcore/js?auto_play=1&player_name=uvp&player_id=c790e58e80d8488b08f4bcb847007ef0&t=d29197c598f03edd2856bbb846710683&width=640&height=292"></script></p><p>With the death today of George Steinbrenner, we're putting together local coverage of his Lorain area years and local ties. Please share your personal memories if you wish by commenting below.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-49265217248554950442010-07-04T18:23:00.002-04:002010-07-04T18:26:11.226-04:00To see the July 4 Ben Franklin Project version ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TDEJ3Xr7NZI/AAAAAAAAA-k/aXNFqu88jo0/s1600/ben.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TDEJ3Xr7NZI/AAAAAAAAA-k/aXNFqu88jo0/s320/ben.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/39e9hdj">Click here</a> to see the July 4 <a href="http://tinyurl.com/26255go">Ben Franklin Project</a> version of <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/">The Morning Journal's regular website</a>. This <a href="http://tinyurl.com/23sygcu">Journal Register Company</a> initiative to produce a newspaper and website with reader collaboration, using only freely available tools on the Internet is<a href="http://tinyurl.com/7r5kw"> making a big splash</a> in the struggling world of newspaper journalism because it points a new way to a thriving future. We had fun producing it, and we think you'll enjoy reading it, in print and online. Thanks to everyone who helped in its creation, and stay tuned, we're just getting started.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611762317308862083.post-9249768726045592832010-07-02T17:08:00.002-04:002010-07-02T17:16:15.883-04:00Watch for our July 4th Ben Franklin Project newspaper and website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TC5VbEeHt3I/AAAAAAAAA90/yEaRG7oGLpA/s1600/ben.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Aau9mMFNWPY/TC5VbEeHt3I/AAAAAAAAA90/yEaRG7oGLpA/s200/ben.jpg" width="191" /></a></div>This Sunday, July 4, is a national holiday celebrating our nation's independence. But it's also The Morning Journal's day of "independence" from the old-style ways of reporting and making newspapers. It's our <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y4uzjzl">Ben Franklin Project</a> edition, and we think you'll like what you see.<br />
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As I've mentioned earlier, this project involving all Journal Register Company newspapers under the guidance of CEO John Paton is in the spirit of Ben Franklin, founding father, printer, experimenter and revolutionary. <br />
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Sunday's paper and website are being reported in collaboration with readers from start to finish and produced using software tools that are freely available to anyone on the Internet. The goal is to demonstrate that quality newspaper journalism that can be produced in communities more economically, more effectively and more in touch with the readers in print and online.<br />
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Using our printed pages, our website <a href="http://www.morningjournal.com/">www.MorningJournal.com</a> plus social media tools <a href="http://tinyurl.com/36baax4">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/32fur4r">Twitter</a> we solicited story ideas from readers, then collaborated with them in gathering facts and quotes, pictures and videos to tell the stories that you will see on Sunday, in the newspaper and online.<br />
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Those major non-breaking news stories are finished and have been edited. They are now being fashioned together with photos to create pages that will go to press Saturday night, including late-breaking news. <br />
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And on Sunday morning, July 4, 2010, you'll be able to go on our <a href="http://lor.jrcbenfranklin.com/">special website</a> or pick up the paper and read what is really a revolutionary newspaper on holiday that celebrates the revolutionary creation of the United States of America on July 4, 1776.Tom Skoch, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431687695332914788noreply@blogger.com0