We want to help plan for our children's futures. Our rebuilding efforts should also target our schools and our libraries. Those are a few of the reasons our newspaper embraces civic journalism. We believe we have an obligation to look for opportunities and solutions through community conversations and actions. Our Aging Matters and Learning Odyssey series are two examples of the kind of journalism that we think make a difference.
Readers sometimes call to say they just want the facts, nothing more.
But the facts really don't say much. The context makes them meaningful. That is most apparent when reading papers from other cities. Good newspapers explain the issues so that each story makes sense even to newcomers. Inadequate newspapers give only a list of today's facts.