See that box to the right? That’s an ad. This right here under the headline and byline is editorial content. Easy, right? Mostly. What’s harder to see on the page is the relationship between the advertisements and the paper they support. This paper is free insofar as you didn’t have to pay to pick it […]
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Students Launch Targeted #JusticeforJosiah Social Media Campaign
They sat in a group in the small living room of an Arcata apartment one afternoon in late March, scattered across a couch and the floor. They were all in their early 20s, students at either College of the Redwoods or Humboldt State University. With laptops and cellphones at their hands, they tapped away in […]
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Remembering HSU Journalism Prof Maclyn McClary
“Forgive us our trespasses; here are our press passes.” Reporter, editor, professor and wisecrack Maclyn McClary, who was a force of journalistic muster on the North Coast and beyond, died Oct. 31. He was 78. McClary had a long newspapering career, and spent 45 years teaching eager would-be reporters at Humboldt State University up until […]
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Anchors Aweigh!
The North Coast has a new TV news program. Back in spring the Journal caught wind that KRCR out of Redding was launching a news program to rival our local NBC affiliates at KIEM. The news program, which debuted yesterday at 6 p.m., apparently (although they have web content dating back to Sunday), will air […]
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Covered in Cute
If you saw the Journal‘s post earlier today, you know that some readers think paper copies of this publication make good backdrops for promotional marijuana pictures. But hey, they make good backdrops for cuteness too. Above is Honey, friend of one of the Journal’s delivery drivers. I have been a part of the Journal delivery […]
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DA Candidates Covered in Weed
A savvy Fortuna merchant is peddling some of last year’s great green crop for what, by his/her account, is a swinging deal. Yup, for “200 a unit” you can pick up some year-old, untrimmed, seeded trainwreck via Craigslist. The seller, apparently aware that pictures = clicks on Craigslist postings, carefully piled the “good bud” on […]
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Everything old is young again
The latest gizmo in the Sharper Image catalog is a sleek, portable, wireless writing device. The catalog promises “no compatibility issues with word documents or printers.” And you can use it to “Jot a quick letter, address an envelope, or write the next great American novel…” Best yet, it looks just like an old-fashioned manual […]
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Internet Dreamin’
Clad in a busy floral tie, white shirt and slacks, Larry Goldberg sits on the handrail of a single lane wooden bridge, with a bulky computer on his lap and a cellular phone the size of a dictionary beside him. The dirt road behind him curves in front of a barn and a logger’s hard […]
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Top 10 Stories of 2013
Summing up the tumult and transformations of a year in Humboldt County with only 10 stories is impossible. Collected here are some — definitely not all — of the events that stayed with us. For more on these stories, go to northcoastjournal.com. The Fires The communities tucked along the rivers in our mountains know fire. […]
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Humboldt’s Swinging News Scene
For its size, Humboldt’s lucky to have the robust print/online media scene that exists here. A daily paper. A couple of weeklies, including the one you’re reading. Monthly magazines of varying quality. A thriving news website, the Lost Coast Outpost, just hired award-winning news guy Ryan Burns away from the North Coast Journal. That’s just […]
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The New Guy: Thadeus Greenson to Join the NCJ
He won’t be moving into his new job until sometime in the new year, but we’re happy to let you know that Thadeus Greenson will be taking over as the North Coast Journal‘s news editor. There’s a lot work to do — he’ll have help from Arts and Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (above). They’ll […]
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Transition
In June of this year, staff writer Ryan Burns was promoted to news editor and Jennifer Fumiko Cahill joined the editorial team as arts and features editor. (Veteran Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Doran suffered a stroke in May and is still recovering.) Both Ryan and Jenn have done a wonderful job since Journal Editor […]