You’re probably looking at this web page because you expect to find something worthwhile here. Maybe it’s calendar listings or columns. Maybe it’s arts coverage or a deeper look at the news, explored in ways that give you something to think about. I’m not going to mess with that.
As the new editor of the North Coast Journal, I’m going to try to build on what already works, and bring another pair of hands, ears and eyes to writing about what matters here.
Because I’m new to Humboldt County, I can pretty much guarantee that I’ll blunder now and then, misunderstanding the place or getting something screamingly wrong. Tell me. Let me know when the Journal delights you, when it infuriates you, and when it disappoints you. We won’t always agree, but I will listen. Let me know if you’ve wondered about writing for the Journal. Arts and entertainment editor Bob Doran would like to hear from writers interested in the arts, and I’m looking for someone who wants to write about the outdoors. You can reach me at carriepeytondahlberg@northcoastjournal.com, or 442-1400, extension 321. Because I’m new here, you won’t see my byline much at first. I need to learn a little more before I can write anything intelligent.
I’ve been visiting the North Coast a couple of times a year for the past decade. My husband and I have long planned to move here. We’ve stayed in Trinidad and McKinleyville, Eureka and Arcata. So while there’s plenty I don’t know yet, there are a few things I do know about Humboldt’s coast. I know that the Arcata Bottoms, on a day when sun breaks through clouds, can take my breath away. I know that I can watch a flock of wheeling dunlins as if I were watching a ballet, transfixed by the patterns of light and dark. I know I love Loleta Cheese Factory’s roasted garlic cheddar, Ramone’s scones, Japhy’s soups and just about everybody’s microbrews. And that’s a start.
This article appears in Robert’s Vow.
Congratulations, welcome and good luck.
Some of our local citizens are descendents of the first Pioneers here…others were born here…some are transplants either by choice or by work or other reasons.
I came here accidentally in 1991 and fell in love with this place. I will never leave now. Every day is a new day to enjoy so many things. It is MY HOME NOW. and you will mesh into this loveliness, and become one with this beautiful area…in record time I’m sure.
Welcome!
Why I read the NCJ. Mostly for what’s going on in the County, and a lot for the expose’s. NCJ has uncovered some very important things along the way that were bad for this County…There is still some cleaning up to do.
Just go looking under the rocks, and behind the trees, and tell us what’s going on that we are not aware of. Thanks for being here.
Run. Screaming. Now. You have made a terrible mistake coming here as a journalist. The local news reporting is so bad that I cannot believe any self-respecting reporter would ever, ever want to work here.
You will soon see. We attract only the dregs of the news industry– people who either have so massive an ego that they cannot bring themselves to go elsewhere and risk working around people who are actually good; or they know they are very, very poor at their jobs and have realized that this is the best they will ever be able to get.
Either way, the community loses. And we continue to lose. When you’ve hired every last unskilled moron in the area and constantly shout how much smarter and better you are than the community, we tend to turn to Facebook and the anonymous bloggers for the news. We’re tired of our intelligence being insulted, we’re tired of reporters who never leave their offices, we’re tired of papers full of nature photos and pot leaves. We’re tired of being misquoted, misrepresented, trivialized or worse, like your Pedreros coverage, openly exploited in tabloid-style reporting.
Being on the side of the media here means being on the enemy’s side. Get on OUR side, Carrie.
Sounds like Gaga didn’t get hired.
Lady?
I perceive your quality, ma’am. You’re doing a bang-up job as editor and we’re lucky to have you here. The Journal looks fantastic!