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Re: Ariz. cop known for illegal immigrant tents to speak in Nashua

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:44:59 -0000

More information on the event is available here: http://nashuagop.org/

Re: Female pols grow a pair

nashuatelegraph — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:20:44 -0000

The headline and offending content alluded to in these comments has been removed from the online version of the article and the version that will be archived for future reference.

Dave Solomon, editor

Re: Teen believed to have fled home; parents worried

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:13:23 -0000

I am sorry but I can not fairly respond to a question like that. This specific discussion is not about the tragedy of this girl being missing but the raw ability of a newspaper our size to cover an out-of-town story such as this. The questions I have been responding to presuppose that we would have been better to ignore the story entirely rather than post the AP article which we felt was newsworthy and potentially helpful.

And yes the wording in my original response was inappropriate given the circumstances and I have edited it in light of your comment.

Thanks

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Teen believed to have fled home; parents worried

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:00:25 -0000

Actually those are both questions on my part (leading questions yes) so I am comfortable with my punctuation. You could take issue with my questions being unfair or snarky, but I was genuinely curious as to people's concern with our coverage of this story.

So we are just going to have to agree to disagree. The reason some stories are classified as 'news briefs' is because they are often little more than a headline and a paragraph of text. The argument you make returns to my original question - if we feel a story is only worth a brief mention in print or online - since a brief is only part of a story should we simply not print it?

I would argue that people would probably rather see some mention of important events even if it means they need to search out other sites, from CNN.com to UnionLeader.com for more complete coverage.

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Teen believed to have fled home; parents worried

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:12:00 -0000

Thanks for the response. No, in this case it is not feasible for us to track down an image for this story. The article was moved on the AP wire and we thought it worth posting. However AP did not transmit an image. Hopefully people who are concerned or interested in the story can find it on other news sites as you did. It just is not possible for us (or any paper) to prioritize an effort like that over more local stories that demand our efforts as well.

Thanks

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Teen believed to have fled home; parents worried

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:52:11 -0000

I am curious why the Telegraph would be expected to provide local coverage for a story in Raymond? We post the occasional state story from the Associated Press or other newspapers on the Web site. I am not sure if you are arguing we simply ignore these items (such as the bomb scare in Portsmouth) since we do not plan staff coverage of them?

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: There is nothing fair about ‘social justice’

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:08:06 -0000

The Eagle Tribune is owned by CNHI - the Telegraph is not. There is no connection between the two papers.

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Police bust underaged drinking party

nashuatelegraph — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:24:01 -0000

The Merrimack PD in fact sent a press release about this incident. The release included names, addresses and mug shots of those arrested. The Telegraph chose not to print the names or photos.

Thank you

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Telegraph launches online registration for website

nashuatelegraph — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:07:20 -0000

That process is not necessary at this time - but you may connect up to 5 online accounts to a single subscriber account. It is on the login screen "register your subscription to allow online access."

Re: Merrimack commended for ‘marriage’ vote

nashuatelegraph — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:37:54 -0000

I believe Merrimack is the third largest 'town' but the eighth (or 12th) largest municipality, which includes cities and towns.

Here is a reference link: http://www.nh.gov/oep/progr...

Re: Telegraph launches online registration for website

nashuatelegraph — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:04:45 -0000

And a link for those who don't speak geek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain't_no_s...

Re: Much riding on Telegraph’s venture into paid online content

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:46:27 -0000

I believe you are proving my point. Unless the industry can manage to find a new business model to support local journalism more and more local stories will go uncovered. This has nothing to do with newspapers it includes whatever form of journalism might supplement or replace the work that newspapers do. Whatever form it takes it is still very expensive.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Much riding on Telegraph’s venture into paid online content

nashuatelegraph — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:56:28 -0000

Judging from your past comments you obviously have long-term complaints about the quality of our education coverage. While your specific points could be valid, they are also entirely subjective and I doubt any counter arguments I could make would change your opinion. I would invite you to write a letter to the editor or contact our lead education reporter Michael Brindley or city editor Jonathan Van Fleet. I can assure you they are both quite well versed on NECAP and would be happy to hear from anyone who has insight into the issue in our local schools.

In any case my question would be - how many stories on Nashua or Hudson or Merrimack NECAP scores were printed or broadcast in any media other than the Telegraph? The argument is not that the Telegraph is perfect it is that we are trying to figure out how to develop a new business model to allow us to improve (or at least maintain) our coverage because those kinds of stories that no one else covers are in fact extremely important to the community.

Thanks

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Much riding on Telegraph’s venture into paid online content

nashuatelegraph — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:01:40 -0000

This is actually a fascinating topic of debate, not just in Nashua but around the country as local media outlets come under economic pressures. But - I would suggest that newspapers in general have by far the largest number of journalists covering local news. I would be interested if someone wanted to count the number of Nashua, Hudson, Merrimack, Milford etc stories published in the Telegraph each week v.s. those broadcast on WMUR and WSMN combined. It is not comparable and to claim otherwise is disingenuous.

So, the real question is not do local papers have a hyper-inflated opinion of themselves but rather if a local paper closes who/what would replace that need for local news. And what business model would be used to pay for reporters to be out covering the zoning board and school board and high school sports and the hundred other local events each week. WMUR is not going to do it, they have an entire state to cover with a small staff as it is.

So local papers are not going away as they are the best, and realistically sometimes the only, media that cares about very local news. But, until we (the newspaper and the community) figure out how to pay for local journalism in the digital era the debate will continue.

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Chief justice decries court budget cuts

nashuatelegraph — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:15:15 -0000

Timmins works for the Concord Monitor - their contact info can be found at concordmonitor.com

Re: Arborist avoids jail for fatal felling

nashuatelegraph — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:37:48 -0000

In fact he was not an arborist at the time of the accident but has since gained his certification.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:01:40 -0000

Yes, any print subscription qualifies.

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Reaction mixed to Telegraph plan to charge for online news

nashuatelegraph — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:57:58 -0000

Print subscribers will receive full access to the Web site.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:32:08 -0000

If you get the Sunday paper then you are already paying and full online access is included with the print edition.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:08:47 -0000

Registration is not active yet. We will post further updates when it is available.

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Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:13:34 -0000

When newspapers were the only information source in an area (pre-TV) market penetration could easily be 80 - 90% of households. Now the number varies greatly depending on the market, if you include home delivery and single copy sales together, how you count Web and mobile devices, not to mention any free home delivery products. I don't have a percentage number but Telegraph products reach about 100,000 readers (print and online) in the local area.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:35:59 -0000

I see thanks.

The drop-down ad basically is an interstitial as you point out in the links. In this case we opted not to have it cover the full page due to technical and usability limitations.

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Damon Kiesow

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:07:01 -0000

Tesha -

There is a large "x" in the right-hand side of the ad that lets you skip past it.

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:04:03 -0000

When the paid option is offered subscribers will be able to have multiple online accounts (maybe up to five) that will allow full online access with different user names for newsletters and commenting etc.

Re: Changes coming for NH news sites

nashuatelegraph — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:01:03 -0000

What about the site do you find troublesome? Any specifics would help as we work on future redesigns.

Thanks

Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor / Online