Our Voice: Notice anything new?
Issue date: 8/30/07 Section: Opinion
First of all, we would like to welcome everyone back to school. This year promises to be an exciting one for us all.
Here at The Chanticleer, we have big plans and are looking forward to sharing what we have been working on with you, our readers. We have an almost completely new staff, all of whom are ready to get to work and make changes that we hope you will both notice and appreciate.
Second, we would like to introduce the editors who have worked so hard to bring you such an excellent first issue.
This year, Patrick Swafford, who many of you remember from our sports information department, has put in extra hours to try and make sure that no snap shall be fumbled, no tackle unfinished, no story unwritten and no game uncovered. To some he is referred to as "little Superman." But to us, he is our super busy Sports Editor.
The lucky lady to look over and correct our every punctuation and spelling error - and also help out with layout - is Copy Editor Bethany Harbison. Though she can be a little quiet until she gets to know you, her writing and reporting will both dazzle and impress even the most reluctant of readers.
Making his editor debut, Brandon Hollingsworth, recently of WLJS radio, joins us as the News Editor. An avid collector of clocks and maps, he has a deep interest in news and the world around us. As a child he loved the word game Name That Senator, which he always won.
Returning to us this fall is Ad Director Jaclyn Cosper. She has worked really hard to obtain advertisers, trying to ensure that this year's paper is bigger and better than ever.
The master of our Web site - and the reason it has been under some much needed construction all summer - is our amazing Web Editor Chris Pittman. He has diligently worked on making your Web experience a pleasant and informative one. You can check out his progress at www.thechanticleeronline.com and let us know what you think.
The man behind the camera, literally, is none other than Photo Editor Matt McRae, who some of you may recognize from our local Wal-Mart photo lab. Now, not only is he taking the pictures, but he also gets to develop them himself.
Though we would all love to take credit for the majority of changes that the newspaper has undergone in the last few months, we can't. The creative mind behind much of the design, layout and content of The Chanticleer is our Managing Editor, Kevin Jeffers. He has put in more time and effort than any single person on the staff and we greatly appreciate everything he has done.
That brings us to the last in line, our 2007-2008 Editor in Chief, Toni Merriss, who has the privilege of overseeing this crazy bunch of writers who want nothing more than for you to enjoy what we have worked so hard on.
As a whole, we always welcome any questions and/or comments and look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for reading The Chanticleer, and we hope you like what you see.
Every dog has his day
There isn't a single member of our staff who has a positive word to say about Michael Vick. Not even the couple of Atlanta Falcons fans in the bunch. Not even the couple who don't count themselves necessarily as animal lovers.
But, when you kill any innocent being, man or beast, for the sake of sport, you deserve to go to jail. And for much longer than the reported 18-or so months he's probably going to get.
Because he finally confessed to the seemingly unreal charges, he will get less jailtime than he really deserves.
Something about that is unsettling.
Here at The Chanticleer, we have big plans and are looking forward to sharing what we have been working on with you, our readers. We have an almost completely new staff, all of whom are ready to get to work and make changes that we hope you will both notice and appreciate.
Second, we would like to introduce the editors who have worked so hard to bring you such an excellent first issue.
This year, Patrick Swafford, who many of you remember from our sports information department, has put in extra hours to try and make sure that no snap shall be fumbled, no tackle unfinished, no story unwritten and no game uncovered. To some he is referred to as "little Superman." But to us, he is our super busy Sports Editor.
The lucky lady to look over and correct our every punctuation and spelling error - and also help out with layout - is Copy Editor Bethany Harbison. Though she can be a little quiet until she gets to know you, her writing and reporting will both dazzle and impress even the most reluctant of readers.
Making his editor debut, Brandon Hollingsworth, recently of WLJS radio, joins us as the News Editor. An avid collector of clocks and maps, he has a deep interest in news and the world around us. As a child he loved the word game Name That Senator, which he always won.
Returning to us this fall is Ad Director Jaclyn Cosper. She has worked really hard to obtain advertisers, trying to ensure that this year's paper is bigger and better than ever.
The master of our Web site - and the reason it has been under some much needed construction all summer - is our amazing Web Editor Chris Pittman. He has diligently worked on making your Web experience a pleasant and informative one. You can check out his progress at www.thechanticleeronline.com and let us know what you think.
The man behind the camera, literally, is none other than Photo Editor Matt McRae, who some of you may recognize from our local Wal-Mart photo lab. Now, not only is he taking the pictures, but he also gets to develop them himself.
Though we would all love to take credit for the majority of changes that the newspaper has undergone in the last few months, we can't. The creative mind behind much of the design, layout and content of The Chanticleer is our Managing Editor, Kevin Jeffers. He has put in more time and effort than any single person on the staff and we greatly appreciate everything he has done.
That brings us to the last in line, our 2007-2008 Editor in Chief, Toni Merriss, who has the privilege of overseeing this crazy bunch of writers who want nothing more than for you to enjoy what we have worked so hard on.
As a whole, we always welcome any questions and/or comments and look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for reading The Chanticleer, and we hope you like what you see.
Every dog has his day
There isn't a single member of our staff who has a positive word to say about Michael Vick. Not even the couple of Atlanta Falcons fans in the bunch. Not even the couple who don't count themselves necessarily as animal lovers.
But, when you kill any innocent being, man or beast, for the sake of sport, you deserve to go to jail. And for much longer than the reported 18-or so months he's probably going to get.
Because he finally confessed to the seemingly unreal charges, he will get less jailtime than he really deserves.
Something about that is unsettling.
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