Facebook Live

Early on in the press run at The Register-GuardI did a Facebook Live video during a Thanksgiving Eve visit to our pressroom to visit employees on the busiest night of our year -- the Thanksgiving Day paper had nearly 700 pages of news and advertising. 

My goal was to show the pressroom and packaging and assembly department in full motion, to demystify a little bit of what we do to print and distribute a newspaper each day. We call the newspaper "the daily miracle" for good reason, and seeing and hearing the newspaper come to life from digits to hard ink and paper never gets old. 

This was my first Facebook Live video, so there were some technical things I learned that I won't repeat next time, but all in all I thought the end result gave people a taste of the hard work many people do to print a top-quality newspaper and get it distributed each day.

New job, new place, new priorities

I have taken a new job as Publisher and CEO of RG Media Company in Eugene, Ore. Here's detail on my hiring and here's my first article as publisher of the Register-Guard.

It's a great opportunity in a new place with a fantastic company.

What that means for you is even less time for me to post here. In actuality, given that my production has tumbled in recent years, it won't mean much at all. 

What stuff I do post moving forward in the near term will likely relate to my history of Marchbanks Speedway/Hanford Motor Speedway, whose stories continue to be the most popular section on this site. The project is something of a public service so I'll continue to make time for that as new information becomes available. 

So, check back here for updates on the Marchbanks/Hanford stuff, or follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for personal stuff. 

Cheers!