SHE'LL nEEO yOUR HELP, TOO
In two weeks the editorship of The Front
iersman will pass to Mrs, Patrick OfBrien,
who will continue to publish the paper under
its present name and in similar form,
Your retiring editor asks for your con
tinued cooperation with The Frontiersman•
Your help in the past has been appreciated,
and .will be as greatly appreciated by Mrs.
OfBrien in the futures
%
V/e especially -ask that you continue to'
help her, as you have helped us, in *fcfte? pro
duction of a more readable newspaper by giv
ing to her all bits of news which concern
Seldovians and" their activities. It has
sometimes been hard in the past nine months
to fill theseaeight pages twice weekly with
items of interest to us all,
newspaper reporter is nothing more than
a good listener and a checker on facts pre
sented. No newspaper is able to make news
for its columns. The readable content of a
paper merely reflects the interest of its
readers in that paper. The more interest
you of the community show in getting items
and stories of activities to your reporter,
the better paper it will be. Our job is to
write of the happenings, but your job is to
let us know what happens.; Many reporters
retain their jobs in the newspaper world
just because of the people they know who can
supply them with reliable tips on possible
news stories.
So you help Mrs, O’Brien by supplying her
with possible items of news. She’ll do all
of the work of checking details, talking to
the people concerned in the story, and will
do the writing of the story. You just let
her know with whom to talk.
Since Seldovia had been so long without a
paper before the first Frontiersman appeared
last Nov. 20, it has sometimes been hard for
all of us again to fj_.ll into the habit of
depending upon a paper for spreading inform
ation. There have been times when, stories
which would have made good re-ding in The
Frontiersman have- .* been missed; partly be-.*,
cause of the editor’s slowness in following,,
a laad at times, and
at other times he;-,
cause of the editor’s
lack of knowledge of
the news until it be- .
came general know
ledge through public
bulletin boards or in <
other ways.
Lot Mrs, OfBrien i
know first, wonft
yoy? x.nd then follow
the- newspaper -story
with a bulletin bodird ;
poster for still more
publicity. It!s al
ways disappointing to
come face to face with
news posted on a bul
letin board, when *
yo^re delivering a
paper whose columns
needed just that par-:
ticular bit of inform
mation in order to dd
its best job.
i*lso w3 would like f
to have you remember
that ho item is too
small, if it contains
names and events
which are about, or
are of interest to,
those of us who live
in Seldovia# We are
particularly anxious
to keep up with hap
penings in the lives
of former Seldovians, *
and any letter which
.brings you news of
those people is also
bringing news which
other Seldovians
would be glad to read.
Won*t you share it
with others by tell- #
ing Mrs. OfBrien af- i
ter Sept. 1?