Because theVentura County Star has chosen to outsource many of it editors, use stringers, and use labor reduction as a means of profit enhancement, coverage of major news stories suffers. A lack of knowledge of local issues and long standing controversies is already manifest in a least one story I have been following. The Star was at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ventura County Star'
Jeanne Cope on Changes at the Ventura County Star
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: blogs·Ventura County Star
Latest Changes to Ventura County Star
February 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The Ventura County Star made substantial changes to their newspaper this past week. Some are cosmetic, but some are a major shift in how the news is reported. First, there is a different look, with mastheads changed on interior sections, along with different fonts being used for headlines. Those are the cosmetic changes. As for [...]
Tags: media·Ventura County Star
Campaign Websites Online, Including Mine
September 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Elections, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County
The website for my re-election campaign for Triunfo Sanitation District, went online yesterday. I thought my friend and I could whip it out in a few hours (imagine the sound of laugher in the background), but of course it took longer to put together! You can take a look at: www.VoteForJannaOrkney.com. FYI, Triunfo serves the [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·Lake Sherwood·Oak Park·Thousand Oaks·Ventura County Board of Supervisors·Ventura County Star
VC Star Opinion Editor Marianne Ratcliff Resigns
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Media, Meditations, Ventura County
I was surprised to read in the Ventura County Star this morning (2-27) that Marianne Ratcliff has resigned as opinion editor of the paper. She has served as the Star’s opinion editor since 2001. I had the opportunity to meet Marianne in November, 2005, under very sad circumstances for me, and found her to be considerate and caring. A [...]
Tags: Marianne Ratcliff·Rima Akkad Monla·Ventura County Star
Blogging Can be a Jungle Out There
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Media, Ventura County
Clint’s comment of a few days ago, in regard to email comments posted at the www.VCStar.com website, gave me a nudge to also make a comment about them. Since I take the print version of the Ventura County Star, I have not paid much attention to the online version, except to go to some of [...]
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The Star’s Giant Headlines
December 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Media, Meditations, Ventura County
Since the most recent redesign of the Ventura County Star’s pages, I have been amazed at how large their headlines and photos are, especially on Sundays. Well, today (12-13) I am even more amazed than usual at the front page of the Star’s business section. The word, “BUZZING,” is a headline that goes clear across [...]
The V.C. Star, L.A. Times and Daily News
October 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Media, Ventura County
How useful and informative do you think our local daily newspapers are? Do you subscribe to any of them, and if so, why? To let you know where I am coming from, I have always loved newspapers, I have taken journalism and broadcasting classes in college, and I subscribe to all three papers. And, I [...]
