 No one had ever done an online-only daily newspaper completely
independent of a print edition. In the now 11 years that the
publication has been up and running, it has evolved into a very
sophisticated piece of work that all of us of LDN are very proud
of.
One of the favorite mottoes of Lincoln Daily News is "Taking the
publication of LOCAL NEWS kicking and screaming into the 21st
century."
The motto is the LDN pledge to continually move forward and offer
the readership what they want and need from a reliable news source.
Because of that, the decision has been made to join the world of
Facebook.
LDN now has a Facebook page up and running, and every morning
within a few minutes after the 8 a.m. roll-over to a new edition,
the FB page is updated with links to stories in that morning's
publication.
The daily updates on FB are intended not as a replacement for our
regular publication, but as a convenient tool to guide readers to
the pages of Lincoln Daily News.
We will not report news on FB, but will provide headlines and
links to stories so that friends may visit Lincoln Daily News and
read all the latest information from Lincoln and Logan County.
We will also use our page on FB to guide readers to noteworthy
items other than the daily headlines. Examples of this may be links
to new postings in our classifieds, reminders of items listed on our
community calendar pages, and we may also choose to highlight from
time to time one or more of our advertisers or section sponsors.
Because we are an online publication and always
busy working on our next edition, we will not be a constant presence on our Facebook page. We
will check the page once or twice per day, will add daily updates in
the mornings on a regular basis, and will also add updates during
the day if we have new or breaking news to report.
We all know that FB is a great place for friends to interact with
one another, and we welcome the opportunity to get to know our
readers and have them get to know us.
There are a few things that we respectfully request our friends
not do on FB.
FB is not the place for you to send us leads on interesting
stories or events. Because we are not constantly on FB, your lead
could go several hours without being noted, and we could miss the
opportunity to follow up. If you have a piece of news you'd like to
share or a lead to an interesting story you think everyone would
enjoy, please continue to send that information to our managing
editor, Mike Fak. You may email him at
ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com.
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If you have a special event coming up, we encourage you to post
that in our community calendar. Go to our Community section in
Lincoln Daily News and click on "Submit entry for LDN Calendar of
Events." The form
is easy to fill out, plus it is viewed by a person on our staff
before it is posted, so if your information is unclear, someone will
contact you before it is posted.
Lincoln Daily News is humbled by the number of local advertisers
we have in our daily editions. We have advertising throughout our
publication, ranging from small ads in individual stories to
sponsorships of special sections.
Our FB page is not the best place to tell our advertising staff
you might be interested in joining our long list of local
advertisers. If you are interested in promoting your business in
Lincoln Daily News, we encourage you to contact our director of
advertising, Karen Hargis. Karen has years of experience in
advertising and can help you design an ad that will fit your needs
and your budget. You can contact Karen by emailing
ads@lincolndailynews.com.
The LDN page on Facebook was activated Wednesday evening, and we
are calling Thursday morning our official launch. In just a little
over 24 hours we collected 27 "likes." This serves to tell us that
there is indeed an interest in having us on FB and that we have some
terrific friends out there who don't want to miss out on what our
publication has to offer.
We thank all of those who have "liked" us thus far and hope that
there are many more of you yet out there who will see the value in
having us included in your social network.
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