Not the printed paper, but the website, CapitalPress.com.
During our editorial department's annual meeting up in Salem earlier this month, our editors expressed a goal of further ramping up our online presence, constantly updating our website with new material. While we were making an effort to keep our website fresh before, now we are pushing even harder to make it the go-to place for the very latest in news and information relating to Western agriculture. We're basically approaching it as we would a daily newspaper, while also being diligent at posting breaking stories at all hours of the day.
Much of our efforts revolve around a daily e-newsletter with summaries and links to stories that have just been posted online. You can subscribe to the newsletter here and start receiving in your inbox a dozen reports a day from our news staff stationed in four Western states. We also have weekly e-newsletters specific to California, livestock and other topics.
In addition, our company has launched a new national classified advertising site called OnlyAg.com, in which farmers, ranchers and other agriculture industry professionals can find equipment, livestock, ag services and related products being advertised in leading U.S. ag publications. "With the addition of a national online site which will house classifieds from respected ag publications around the U.S. there will be a unique national marketplace for ag commerce," said Capital Press publisher Mike O'Brien in an article we ran about the site's launch.
With this new push, I thought it would be an excellent time to bring even more of a news focus to the Jefferson Journal. As you can see, I've added the AccuWeather.com daily weather report and replaced the canned business news features with live RSS feeds from the Washington Times, TheBlaze.com and Townhall.com. While you'll still see some of the commentary and analysis you've grown used to here, this blog will aim to complement the Capital Press California page with news and information relevant to rural Northern California.
We hope you will find the changes useful, and we appreciate your readership and support.
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