Good morning and thanks for dropping by.
Our readers are remarkable.
This week, I reached out to those who are monthly subscribers. I asked them to voluntarily increase their support.
After all, Salem Reporter largely lives by its subscribers.
The response stunned me.
One reader after another said yes, they would step up their financial support. Some sent along notes.
“You and your team are doing important and valuable work. I know it and see it. Please accept my thanks for what I would imagine is often a relentless struggle to deliver and stay in business. Please know I’m an SR Ambassador in the community,” wrote reader Bob.
Kathleen wrote, “My husband and I are big fans of Salem Reporter and always spread the word to our families and friends. Thanks for providing the in-depth news to the Salem area.”
I have personally thanked every single subscriber who chipped in. (And if you want to increase your support by any amount, just send me an email – [email protected] – with the sum and we’ll handle it.)
This outpouring of support is one indication we’re delivering the news Salem wants.
And to Kathleen’s point about in-depth news, I want to commend to your attention the package on the Cherriots produced by reporter Madeleine Moore and Managing Editor Rachel Alexander.
The transit system is in the news, of course, because it wants to introduce a new payroll tax. That is stirring a great deal of community discussion.
Maddy and Rachel went to work to sort fact from fiction. One story traces how Cherriots got to the point of asking for millions more in public support. A second addresses questions from readers like you, providing yet more information.
Another instance of engaging with readers in Salem came after the murder of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist. In my newsletter last Sunday, I invited readers to share their thoughts. We compiled and published those remarks and I think you’ll find it interesting reading about what people in Salem are thinking.
In local government reporting:
•Salem city councilors consider the city’s financial shape.
•The ban on cell phones in local schools remains a hot topic.
•Local businesses say they are ready to fund downtown bike patrols.
In public safety reporting:
•A pedestrian was killed in a south Salem crash.
•A two-alarm house fire resulted in the death of a Salem man.
In community reporting:
•Church at the Park pares back community service.
•Elsinore Theatre brings to life a new sign.
•A new hospice clinic opens, driven by local service.
In business reporting:
•Local businesses honored for innovation, growth.
•Salem Clinic dropping care over insurance dispute.
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Have thoughts about our reporting? A story we should do? A person we should profile? Or do you have questions about how we do our work? You’re welcome to send me an email – I read every one of them. Email: [email protected].
–Les Zaitz, Editor and owner
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