Share photos of your pets, kids with us online
I hope readers looking at the photo accompanying this column can resist the temptation to say The Enterprise is "going to the dogs." We appreciate constructive criticism, but sarcasm isn't productive. Funny, but not productive.
* The lovely lady in the photograph is Ginger, the 13- year-old dachshund adopted by Mary Thompson of Hemphill. She's taking her turn "reading" The Enterprise, which frequently gets passed around and shared among several readers.
Although we seldom print such adorable photos, we do have a reader outlet for them on our Web page. Readers can share photos of their pets, their precious grandchildren or their special events through our PhotoShare option.
Simply log on to beaumontenterprise. com, roll down to the gray "photo galleries" bar and click on "share your photos." Roll down through the galleries (or take some time to check them out) and choose the appropriate category for your photographs, then click on "Submit your photos or video." Fill out the blanks, follow the instructions ... and you're on the Web.
Of course, there are rules and the photos are screened, so, while we hope all our readers would post photos within acceptable standards of taste, we do reserve the right to eliminate those we deem inappropriate.
Does that mean a newspaper that likes to uphold the public's right to know and freedom of the press might actually censor some content? Yes. Editors do it every day. It's called editing.
The right to publish anything doesn't mean we necessarily want to publish everything, or attach our name to it. So keep it clean.
* As mentioned last week, the appearance of this weekly column has made people suddenly aware of the existence of The Enterprise's Reader Representative.
Several readers have called to express gratitude and say they like the column. Some have even shared that they are glad that I have "come back," and some say that they think The Enterprise having a Reader Representative is a great idea. That's all wonderful and we appreciate the positive thoughts.
The facts: I never left. I've worked at the Enterprise since 1979, almost 30 years, and wrote a weekly column twice in my tenure, concluding the most recent run in February of 1997.
My role since then primarily has been administrative as Associate Managing Editor, but I added Reader Representative duties to that in 2002.
I like to tell people that The Beaumont Enterprise had a Reader Representative before the New York Times had one. (They call theirs an ombudsman.) Some papers have public editors, some reader advocates, but whatever the title, the industry has recognized the need to have someone to listen to readers and speak for the paper.
So I'm not new, I'm just subtle.
And, I love hearing from readers, even with complaints ... or dog photos.
* The lovely lady in the photograph is Ginger, the 13- year-old dachshund adopted by Mary Thompson of Hemphill. She's taking her turn "reading" The Enterprise, which frequently gets passed around and shared among several readers.
Although we seldom print such adorable photos, we do have a reader outlet for them on our Web page. Readers can share photos of their pets, their precious grandchildren or their special events through our PhotoShare option.
Simply log on to beaumontenterprise. com, roll down to the gray "photo galleries" bar and click on "share your photos." Roll down through the galleries (or take some time to check them out) and choose the appropriate category for your photographs, then click on "Submit your photos or video." Fill out the blanks, follow the instructions ... and you're on the Web.
Of course, there are rules and the photos are screened, so, while we hope all our readers would post photos within acceptable standards of taste, we do reserve the right to eliminate those we deem inappropriate.
Does that mean a newspaper that likes to uphold the public's right to know and freedom of the press might actually censor some content? Yes. Editors do it every day. It's called editing.
The right to publish anything doesn't mean we necessarily want to publish everything, or attach our name to it. So keep it clean.
* As mentioned last week, the appearance of this weekly column has made people suddenly aware of the existence of The Enterprise's Reader Representative.
Several readers have called to express gratitude and say they like the column. Some have even shared that they are glad that I have "come back," and some say that they think The Enterprise having a Reader Representative is a great idea. That's all wonderful and we appreciate the positive thoughts.
The facts: I never left. I've worked at the Enterprise since 1979, almost 30 years, and wrote a weekly column twice in my tenure, concluding the most recent run in February of 1997.
My role since then primarily has been administrative as Associate Managing Editor, but I added Reader Representative duties to that in 2002.
I like to tell people that The Beaumont Enterprise had a Reader Representative before the New York Times had one. (They call theirs an ombudsman.) Some papers have public editors, some reader advocates, but whatever the title, the industry has recognized the need to have someone to listen to readers and speak for the paper.
So I'm not new, I'm just subtle.
And, I love hearing from readers, even with complaints ... or dog photos.
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