Thank you to all who supported me in my bid for a seat on the APME board. I look forward to learning and contributing as I serve my term.
As our world has changed we as news organizations have found ways to change also, to use new tools of storytelling and to meet new challenges.
In some ways, the challenges have provided opportunity to redefine ourselves and our role in our community. But some things have not changed.
When the extras are stripped away or set aside we refocus on why we are here - as watchdogs, as guardians, as the trusted news source for our community.

Economic pressures -- fuel prices, food costs, inflation and a bear market -- are dipping into charitable donations. An Associated Press story, published last week in The Salem News and elsewhere, cited a survey by the philanthropic group Giving USA that found a number of nonprofit groups are bracing for a drop in contributions this year.

Nonprofit groups are a force in U.S. politics. They may not fly a campaign's colors or mention a candidate by name, but "soft money" organizations clearly take sides and throw around their weight and money.

You have been uploading to YouTube but didn't like that "How I spent my summer vacation" feel the chunky YouTube logo stamped across your masterfully produced news videos.

So you are moving on to www.dailymotion.com. A bit more discreet about flashing their name out there. But what's up with these questionable "related videos" tacked on at the bottom?

Muskogee Phoenix multimedia wizard Rick Lepper has the answer along with other tips and how-to steps in a new tutorial for CNHI videographers.

Enid News & Eagle has never been short on ideas to better connect its readers and the world around them.

A recent Summer of '68 video package looked at a nation at war and a divided population - 40 years ago. Editor Cindy Allen's staff interviewed locals who recalled how those experiences shaped their lives.