Editorial Comment - Hermann Hearsay Needs Your Input

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Hermann Hearsay intends to "kick it up a notch".  We want to focus like a laser beam on the stories and issues which interest our readers the most.  We want to add value to the discussion and debate of public issues.  We are not interested in regurgitating news reports.  The local news, weather and sports are already very thoroughly covered by our colleagues at The Hermann Advertiser-Courier, Hermann NEWS and New Haven NEWS ONLINE.

Our mission is to differentiate our site by providing an alternative to traditional local news reporting.  We present news analysis, opinions and editorial comments.  We hope to add a bit of levity to otherwise serious and seriously reported news stories.  We seek to provide "food for thought" and stimulate lively discussion.  Todate we have written about local issues only.  In the future we will expand our coverage to state, national and global issues.  You might want to think of us this way .... We are trying to emulate TV programs like "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" on a local level and in an online daily news analysis format.

Our objective here at Hermann Hearsay is not to "make journalism history".  Rather, our objective is to "make money"!  Truman T. Tiger, our owner, likes money.  He is an unabashed, unapologetic capitalist.  He thinks we can make money IF we focus on the wants and needs of our readers and offer our product to the community at a great value.  So please tell us what you'd like to see on Hermann Hearsay .......

• more/less critical news analysis,
• more/fewer edgy editorial comments,
• more/less slapstick humor,
• more/less hard news coverage not provide by other local news media,
• more/less lifestyles reporting (What kind specifically?),
• continue/discontinue quotes of the day,
• more/fewer Willie Nelson songs,
• more/fewer links to news reported by other local news media, and
• more/less advertising

Please also tell us what you think about our bifurcated subscriber membership program ..... FREE subscriptions and PAID premium subscriptions.  And what do you think about our current policy of offering FREE advertising to local businesses and individuals, relying instead upon Ads by Google for our advertising revenue?  Do you think we should charge locals for advertising on our site so that we can lower the price of our Premium Subscription (currently $29.95 per year)?

We appreciate your input very much, and we will continue striving to satisfy your wants and needs.  The reader is our employer!

Jimmy Oldsun
NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor
www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com

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