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Around the Web: Get names into the paper

Shared by Tommy Thomason on April 20, 2010
Community Journalism / Bridget M. Burns

Kennebunkport, Maine, is a long way from Texas. But Bridget Burns in Kennebunkport, who writes for a community newspaper, uses this blog to write about one of the major strengths of community journalism -- the fact that we run lots of names and reflect the real lives of real people. You'll enjoy Bridget's short blogpost on the value of running names in the paper and why she loves community journalism.

About the author

Tommy Thomason
Director at Texas Center for Community Journalism

Tommy Thomason is the founding director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. Thomason began his career in journalism in the early 1970s with the Associated Press, working as a sportswriter in Arkadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. He has also worked in public relations in Dallas and as a...