One particular of my greatest joys of staying a reporter for Seacoast Media Group is the selection of my assignments.
This past week is an case in point. I interviewed a pickleball athlete and for the very first time obtained to see the match in action. I met the new hearth chief in Kennebunk. I spent time with firefighters and a family members in Ogunquit who will forever share a treasured bond: responding to an unexpected emergency, the firefighters helped the mom give start in her individual backyard.
An additional just one of my greatest joys as a journalist is remaining capable to write and share these types of tales, usually with the intention of inspiring in readers the same fascination and enthusiasm I felt when carrying out the assignment. I am a people particular person at coronary heart and welcome alternatives to have interaction and hook up with many others.
Recently, I was specified the chance to do just that when I started creating a weekly newsletter – a initially-person recap of the week’s biggest tales in the York County Coast Star, comprehensive with hyperlinks to the articles and capabilities them selves. The publication is emailed right to these who signal up for it.
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In a way, the newsletter has a voice that is comparable to this column I write every single 7 days – I sit here and form absent and essentially feel like I am conversing with you.
And listening. I have labored at weekly newspapers for much more than two a long time now, and I have generally considered that a publication is only as powerful as the local community it addresses feels related to it. In performing in the direction of this kind of toughness, there is the hope on a journalist’s part that individuals do additional than just read through their tales. There is the hope that visitors offer their feelings on them and pitch their very own tips for reporters to include, as very well.
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That is what I hope this e-newsletter can attain for you and me. Quite a few journalists in our firm have a publication – Jane Murphy, the assistant managing editor of SMG, has her weekly eating publication called Community Flavor, for case in point – and it is our way of connecting straight with you, of eliminating some of the obscurity and length that could exist when you merely see our byline in print or are clicking on backlinks on our web-site.
Some of you presently have signed up to acquire my publication, which is emailed to you on Fridays. Thank you for carrying out so – I value it.
If you have not signed up for the publication, and would like to start out acquiring it, be sure to visit on the net at https://bit.ly/3ohaEUF. It’d be good to welcome you aboard.
And while we’re handing out hyperlinks here, I’d like to share with you Seacoastonline.com and Fosters.com, so that you can see what my colleagues here in Southern Maine and across the border in New Hampshire are composing – and so you can take into account subscribing as perfectly. For people of you who now subscribe, thank you very a lot. You make what we do feasible.
See you in your inbox on Friday!
Shawn P. Sullivan is an award-profitable columnist and is a reporter for the York County Coast Star. He can be reached at [email protected]
