Up until two years ago, Carolyn Fernandez and I — along with our spouses — owned all shares in the corporation known as North Coast Journal Inc. At that time we made the decision to diversify ownership by offering stock to several key, long-term employees. Three of them stepped forward. This month we are welcoming […]
Judy Hodgson
Judy Hodgson is a co-founder of the North Coast Journal.
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The Envelope, Please
We have our own version of March Madness. Once a year we gather up what we think are examples our best journalism and send them off to be judged by our peers – writers and editors of other newspapers throughout California. The California Newspaper Publishers Association, which runs the annual Better Newspapers Contest, delivers the […]
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Vintage Arkley
My reporting skills are a little rusty. But last Friday we had one person on the editorial staff off on vacation, another at the dentist, another one on deadline for this week’s cover story, and our ace HSU intern on spring break. We all had agreed that it would be great to cover the keynote […]
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Burns Named Acting Editor
Veteran staff writer Ryan Burns has been named acting editor of the North Coast Journal as of Wednesday, March 23. Burns has been with the Journal since 2008 and has won numerous writing awards for the paper. Tom Abate, who served as editor for the past six weeks, is no longer with the company. His […]
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On Visions and Hybrid Journalism
As you read in this column two weeks ago, we have a new editor, Tom Abate, who has been busy getting to know Humboldt County all over again. Tom was in Blue Lake last week, Fortuna over the weekend and we both spoke at the Rotary Club of Eureka on Monday. At a Journal staff […]
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Chron Staffer Named Editor
EUREKA, Calif. – The North Coast Journal has tapped veteran San Francisco Chronicle reporter Tom Abate to lead an ambitious expansion that will fuse the paper’s weekly print edition with its continuous online coverage. The goal is to develop a hybrid form of journalism to better serve readers and advertisers in Humboldt County and perhaps […]
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Tom Abate Joins NCJ Staff; New Editor is SF Chron Alum
EUREKA, Calif. – The North Coast Journal has tapped veteran San Francisco Chronicle reporter Tom Abate to lead an ambitious expansion that will fuse the paper’s weekly print edition with its continuous online coverage. The goal is to develop a hybrid form of journalism to better serve readers and advertisers in Humboldt County and perhaps […]
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A Matter of Principle
A month or so ago I went to my mailbox in Fieldbrook and pulled out Time magazine. Gross! Here was a beautiful Afghan woman with a hole in the middle of her face right where her nose should be. It was over-the-top sensational. It made me queasy. The editors were trying a little too hard […]
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Celebrating Writers
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, two weeks ago we threw a party on the Eureka waterfront for Journal readers that included some amazingly good food and a terrific concert — all of it free. It was our gift to you. (Sorry if you missed it.) We often thank our advertisers for funding this newspaper, but […]
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On the Covers
“Movers & Shakers,” by Judy Hodgson. July 1990. It started out innocently enough. A Humboldt State professor, volunteering for a nonprofit, wanted to know who were the most powerful people in the county. This information could be useful in fund-raising, for instance. Jerald Krause oversaw the research by his students. He first ran a survey […]
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Let the Party Begin
This weekend is just the beginning of a celebration we hope lasts all year. We’re having a party for Journal readers on the Eureka Boardwalk, Foot of F, from 6-9 p.m. to coincide with the hours of Arts Alive! We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the North Coast Journal and our return later this […]
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Health Care Reform: It’s Personal
I was riveted to the television Sunday, March 21, for live coverage of the final health care debate. I flipped channels at first, but — not wanting to miss a word — settled on C-SPAN. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA, was particularly ominous: This legislation will cripple small business and add "oppressive new mandates" that […]