Bees and Interns

As a community newspaper, our job is to tell the story of Freeport and its surrounding towns as completely possible. We take that responsibility seriously. But sometimes events overtake our efforts. Here are two recent examples:

1.) Last week, our new photographer, Stefanie Weiss, went on assignment to get a photo of a swarm of bees that had escaped from a hive and were menacing customers at a nearby store. We thought this would be a great photo opportunity. But when Stefanie arrived at the scene, the bees had flown away.

2.) Our intern, Heather Walrath, tried to cover the circus that came to Freeport this week. But the owners kicked her out. You can read more about this tomorrow in Heather's "Intern's Notebook."

New Comics

Journal-Standard readers, we need to hear from you about our new comics, "One Big Happy" and "Flo & Friends." We will test some more comics at the end of the month, and we'll eventually keep two permanently. So, if you love comics, now's the time to speak up!

Email me at andrew.analore@journalstandard.com.

End of the iNK

Some of you may not have heard the news: We have published the last issue of our weekly newspaper, The iNK.We decided to end publication for a couple of reasons. First, with the switch to printing at Rockford, we couldn't efficiently produce the 2,000 or so copies of The iNK that we run and distribute each week. Second, and more important, the iNK never really found an identity. We had tried recently to position it as a paper that would appeal to younger readers. We made great strides. But we never quite got there. iNk fans shouldn't fret, however. We'll be moving some of its content - including columns by J.C. Wilson and Ryan Blackburn - to The Journal-Standard in the coming weeks.

That's all for now! Thanks for reading!

Andrew