Hello Everyone,
I’m incredibly excited to be back in Boca Raton, providing you news about you and your neighbors.
I will be pinch hitting as editor until a permanent chief is hired.
I am no stranger to local news and especially the Boca Raton community. Some of you may recall, I was a reporter at one of our more dominant dailies for nearly a quarter century. Whether it was reporting on the passage of a new ordinance at a City Council meeting or an arrest by our city’s finest, I made sure you received an accurate and relevant report. Among my highlights was discovering, investigating and writing the articles about the crime reporting spree, which resulted in a shakeup in the Police Department. That series also was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001.
I have, for the last two years, been guiding a team of hard-working journalists at the Delray Beach Tribune. This amazing opportunity arose in September 2010 with the help of Douglas Heizer, a fellow Rotarian and publisher of the Boca Raton Tribune. We initially launched the electronic edition of the Delray Beach Tribune. And early last year, we tested the water with the printed edition.
Boca Raton is a great news market with an abundance of stories and things going on.
I will do my best to ensure you will continue receiving the best practiced journalism in Palm Beach County.
I welcome your continuous supply of news. I anticipate your candid and oftentimes constructive feedback and yes, several of you will challenge my decisions. But I’m sure that will contribute to our growth as your No. 1 closest neighbor.
We welcome your input on some features you would like us to cover. If you see news happening, call me directly at 561-665-0151.
Although we are a weekly publication, our commitment is still to provide accurate, timely and relevant news.
These are difficult times for newspapers as they battle for readers with a wealth of new forms of digital media and social networking.
Still, I think there are both challenges and exciting times ahead for our industry.
I must say that our future is digital. My friends, I urge you to grasp that future aggressively while not abandoning the mother ship, the print product that thousands of you, our readers, still love.
I will not promise you a weekly column, however, I will try my best to chime in from time to time as an issue warrants.
Again, thanks very much in advance for your support, please visit us online at www.bocaratontribune.com, share our site with three friends and ask them to do the same.
C. Ron