[JAN. 27, 2006] Today LDN celebrates its sixth year in
publication. When the editor revealed that fact, it came as quite a
shock. Time passes quickly, and this birthday just snuck up on us. I
think we'll celebrate it quietly, reflect much and just work hard to
get today's labors done.
LDN began with specific ideas and goals about
reporting the news in Logan County. The founders
shared a belief that the stories of Logan County
citizens were worth being told in an unbiased
fashion, with a predilection for truth, without
added negativity, for the sole purpose of
telling the stories without added vain
sensationalism aimed at promoting ourselves.
LDN still holds that faith today.
Looking back over six years of archives, we
have done thousands of stories about businesses
and government and people and have sought to
tell the unvarnished truth, get the facts
straight, spell names correctly and uplift the
community. While we have made a few mistakes,
taken a few missteps, we believe that overall
our body of work has remained faithful to these
goals and earned the trust of our devoted
readership in Lincoln, Logan County and across
the world.
As publisher I want to praise the devotion of
the tiny staff that makes LDN possible. While
other news organizations operate with huge
budgets, large numbers of personnel and
worldwide resources, LDN has done the task for
six years out of a tiny office, on a shoestring
budget, reliant over the years only on the
skills of a few reporters, a talented editor who
slavishly works to bring the important news of
Logan County, and a quiet-spirited, dedicated
copy editor who catches our mistakes, corrects
our punctuation and grammar, and makes us all
sound good. Thanks for all the hard work, the
unsung achievements and all the long hours
without extravagant reward.
As publisher I also want to thank our
faithful advertisers and those who have worked
to sell ads for LDN over the years. LDN is
solely supported by advertising. We don't sell
subscriptions, all obituaries are free, and no
parent organization with deep pockets pays our
way.
Looking to the future, LDN will continue to faithfully tell the
stories of the Logan County citizenry, city and county government,
and businesses, with an optimistic bent toward hope and truth.
I can make the promise that as advertising revenues increase, so
shall our coverage of events and peoples increase. If you know
businesses that should be advertising in LDN, please speak to them
on our behalf. As readers, your encouragement and promotion of LDN
is the key. Potential advertisers need to know that you want to see
their ad in LDN. Please also thank those sponsors who think enough
of you, the reader, to include their ads in LDN.
In the near future we are planning to bring more public access
and public voice to LDN. We feel it is important that LDN include
the thoughts and interactions of the citizens of the county on a
daily basis and so have spent time preparing a new section called
Interactive LDN.
