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Notes On The News: How the Independent picks columnists
A longtime local "liberal" columnist joined during the past week — what’s up with other "Voices" being published? (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent) By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent One of the primary goals when launching the Juneau Independent was ensuring it featured lots of Voices (hence the name for our opinion section) from a broad range of the community. That means going beyond liberal/moderate/conservative political leanings to include age (students, working p
Oct 284 min read
Notes On The News: What makes ‘ICE is in town’ and other rumors reportable?
Three recent incidents in Juneau offer useful examples of what makes news "reportable" by general media industry standards.
Aug 185 min read
Notes On the News: Empire’s newsroom staff joins Juneau Independent; new board and nonprofit status established
The Juneau Independent is debuting its 2.0 release as of Monday with a masthead featuring all six of the Juneau Empire’s newsroom staff as of earlier this year.
Jul 213 min read
Notes On The News: The 10-second decision to launch a ‘Community’ section
The Independent launched a "Community" section on Sunday evening after about 10 seconds of consideration and 30 minutes of work, in response to an email about a volunteer group completing some trail work.
Jul 13 min read
Notes On The News: Elements of starting a newspaper, from picking a name to picking fonts
What editing the Independent’s website looks like. This is about the "how" of launching the Juneau Independent (i.e. how Kepler got...
Jun 215 min read
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