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Nick's First Blog Post as Editor of The Phoenix
It’s been around one full week since I took the helm of the editorial department here at The Phoenix and it’s already been something of an education.
There were certain things that I’d already known about Phoenixville, having worked here off and on over the course of the last year in my role as editor of The Phoenix’s sister paper, the Tri County Record.
That the town is intensely interested in local and state politics seemed a given, but became even more apparent on my first official day covering the whirlwind of maneuvers surrounding the arrival of the senior senator from Pennsylvania in our fair borough. This blog really isn’t about that. What happened on that day is a story for another day, and a certain event which is sure to happen really needs to happen before I can put that day’s events into context for our readers. Needless to say, the presence of both esteemed candidates for the 157th District seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives made the event politically charged, which is just what Phoenixville likes, as Mayor Leo Scoda pointed out to me on that overcast morning.
I know: get to the point. Our online editor envisioned this blog post as something of an introduction of me. If you’re looking for that, I would point you to a fine piece written by Dennis J. Wright introducing me that was published on this site a week ago. Instead, I want to make this blog post about you, specifically what you want to read.
These are difficult times for the newspaper industry in general, and newspapers as a medium of information will cease to exist if we don’t pay close attention to what our readers are saying and thinking. That’s why I want to know exactly what you think about the issues that are close to your heart.
If politics are what sustain you, and you’re not seeing enough coverage within the pages of The Phoenix, let me know. If there’s a great story out there that’s dying to be told, let me know. If we got something wrong (as human beings are known to do, from time to time), let me know. We’re here to serve Phoenixville and the surrounding area in all aspects of our coverage and we want to know from you whether we’re doing our jobs in a way that’s useful to you as readers.
And if anybody knows a place to get some good barbecue, let me know.
Contact editor Nick Danna at editor@phoenixvillenews.com.
There were certain things that I’d already known about Phoenixville, having worked here off and on over the course of the last year in my role as editor of The Phoenix’s sister paper, the Tri County Record.
That the town is intensely interested in local and state politics seemed a given, but became even more apparent on my first official day covering the whirlwind of maneuvers surrounding the arrival of the senior senator from Pennsylvania in our fair borough. This blog really isn’t about that. What happened on that day is a story for another day, and a certain event which is sure to happen really needs to happen before I can put that day’s events into context for our readers. Needless to say, the presence of both esteemed candidates for the 157th District seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives made the event politically charged, which is just what Phoenixville likes, as Mayor Leo Scoda pointed out to me on that overcast morning.
I know: get to the point. Our online editor envisioned this blog post as something of an introduction of me. If you’re looking for that, I would point you to a fine piece written by Dennis J. Wright introducing me that was published on this site a week ago. Instead, I want to make this blog post about you, specifically what you want to read.
These are difficult times for the newspaper industry in general, and newspapers as a medium of information will cease to exist if we don’t pay close attention to what our readers are saying and thinking. That’s why I want to know exactly what you think about the issues that are close to your heart.
If politics are what sustain you, and you’re not seeing enough coverage within the pages of The Phoenix, let me know. If there’s a great story out there that’s dying to be told, let me know. If we got something wrong (as human beings are known to do, from time to time), let me know. We’re here to serve Phoenixville and the surrounding area in all aspects of our coverage and we want to know from you whether we’re doing our jobs in a way that’s useful to you as readers.
And if anybody knows a place to get some good barbecue, let me know.
Contact editor Nick Danna at editor@phoenixvillenews.com.
posted by The Phoenix Files at
2:38 PM
1 Comments:
Welcome to Phoenixville, Nick.
Items that were once part of the Daily Republican that I would like to see restored:
1. Fire calls - just date, time, and place. Years ago we had a horn at the Phoenix Steel that blew the location. Now we don't know.
2. Police action - summary of police calls.
3. Local JP (Court) actions - just the what, who, and results. No big article required unless warrented.
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