How can a newspaper best reflect its community?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

This is an early draft of my planned Sunday column. I welcome your feedback. We capture the good and the bad, the glad and the sad, a newspaper editor once said. We leave it to you to decide whether to ...

What is the hippest event ever to happen in the Crossroads?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I've attended many wonderful events in the Crossroads during my five years here, but I could hardly believe I was in a small town watching my favorite Go-Go's star interview two magicians after seeing a terrific documentary about them. You ...

Advocate education reporter gets nominated for media honor roll

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We received a nice note in the mail Monday morning from the Victoria school district about education reporter Kayla Bell. Victoria school district spokeswoman Diane Boyett sent the letter praising Kayla for her reporting. The district recently nominated her for ...

Why publish a disturbing image?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We discussed the graphic nature of Saturday's front-page photo at length before publication and decided it told an important story. The image showed the reality that law enforcement shot three dogs this week. We did not publish the photo to ...

Student success: How might we expect, give more?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

This is an early version of my Sunday column. I welcome your suggestions and other feedback. As we broke into small groups to discuss the future of education in Victoria, the eyes on the table turned toward me. After all, ...

How do journalists act independently?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Mike Forman Readers expect their newspaper to report impartially, without fear or favor, as the famous saying goes. The principle is one of four cornerstones to the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics: Seek truth and report it; minimize ...