Craig Brown is The Columbian’s editor. Contact him at 360-735-4514 or craig.brown@columbian.com.
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I would be the first to confess that our election protection was just a little complicated to print readers. As I beforehand reported, we pushed the election evening press begin late in order that we may have the primary returns within the Wednesday print version. After that, we went again to common deadlines, which meant that Wednesday’s up to date returns have been too late for the Thursday paper, and so forth. We revealed the newest outcomes on-line at www.columbian.com as quickly as we obtained them, however they went within the print version that was mailed two days later. For instance, the Wednesday replace appeared in Friday’s print version and likewise within the ePaper, which is a trustworthy digital version of the print paper. (Updating our web site doesn’t replace the ePaper.)
Our technique inadvertently confused some readers. They went to ePaper as an alternative of columbian.com seeking the newest outcomes and have been disillusioned.
Going ahead, we’ll attempt to determine tales we all know we’ll replace on-line earlier than the paper arrives within the mail and add just a little field telling readers to go to columbian.com for the newest.
Now let’s speak in regards to the subsequent factor which will confuse print and ePaper readers — our vacation print editions. After we made the change to all-mail supply earlier this yr, we didn’t totally take into consideration postal holidays and what that may do to the contents of vacation papers.
We’d moderately get these vacation papers to you a day early than a day late. So, for instance, subsequent Wednesday, print subscribers ought to obtain each the Wednesday and the Thursday papers within the mail.
We’ll make use of the identical technique for our Christmas and New 12 months’s Day papers, which are also postal holidays.
Some private information
I’m wanting ahead to the brand new yr in a particular approach. I’m going to attempt semi-retirement!
Will Campbell, who together with his older brother, Ben, owns The Columbian, goes to take over as editor starting Jan. 25. I couldn’t be happier for Will — or for me.
Ever since I took this job after Lou Brancaccio retired in 2017, we’ve been planning for the day Will would take over. It’s thrilling to lastly put a date on the ultimate chapter of the transition.
Sure, I’m wanting ahead to the brand new yr. However first, we’ll have to get via these vacation editions.