If you are a close follower of panews.com you may have noticed today the return of video. Reporter Darragh Doiron shot video at the farewell reception for Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce President Mary Ann Reid.
We have featured video on panews.com in some previous instances, most notably after hurricane Rita and Ike. Now, with a new investment in some up-to-date equipment, the news staff is excited to add video to the news platforms through which we can keep you informed of the events in South and Mid-Jefferson County.
Officer Antoine, the Port Arthur traffic control cop who keeps everyone in town under the speed limit — or else — will be in the dunking booth Friday at a Relay for Life fundraiser at FivePoint Credit Union. That’s some video we can’t wait to get.
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The voting in the poll about what kind of news you are interested in was proceeding at a fine pace. When I checked this morning, though, it was back to four votes being cast. Hmmmm. Don’t know what that’s about.
But the four new votes were following the pattern of the previous about 20 votes. Investigative reporting and police news stand out as almost everyone’s choice for news. Stories and pictures about local people were in the next group. Coverage of city councils and school boards was doing better than I expected. I’m very encouraged to see that most of the people answering the poll were interested in what was happening with their local governments.
Go ahead and cast your vote if you haven’t already. Even if the machine purges all the votes and starts over again, I keep close enough watch to have a good idea of what the readers are saying. And we really are interested in what you have to say about what is in your newspaper. Our news staff will be talking about it when we decide what to cover.
See you in the newsroom.
Roger Cowles is editor of The Port Arthur News. Contact him at rcowles@panews.com.
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