Thankful for YOU
With so much to be thankful for, I started keeping a list by my bed where I jot down one thing each night that I am grateful to have. Family, friends, faith – these are the biggies. But sometimes it’s the little things that, well, really aren’t so little – and I ponder how different life would be without them.
Pillows.
Eyeglasses.
Hot showers.
Sunshine.
Dogs.
Pizza.
Today I add to that list: Good News.
This issue marks the fifth year that Blue Ribbon News has been in print. For five years we have been blessed – through the support of loyal advertisers, contributors, and readers like you – to share positive, hometown stories that in some small way help to make the world a better place.
We launched this publication when traditional newspapers were dying. Our print and digital media company found its niche, and our publication grew. Today our 24-page, full-color print edition is delivered free to more than 19,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath. Our online pub has thousands of followers and well over a million views. We produce a nightly e-newsletter and a local entertainment and events calendar. We share good news through our social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We stay busy.
What many people may not know is that our family owned and operated business accomplishes this with a very small staff – a handful of dedicated professionals who pour their hearts and time into serving this community and making Blue Ribbon News the best it can be. We serve on local boards, committees and non-profit organizations, attend community events, shoot photos, conduct interviews, report the news, write features, design and build ads, manage websites and social media, and the Rockwall Area App. We work weekends, meet midnight press deadlines, do 4 a.m. press checks, then load and haul more than 19,000 copies of the paper from the printer to the post office for direct mailing, and hand-deliver a few hundred more to area businesses.
None of this could be accomplished without a hard-working, dynamic and “true blue” Blue Ribbon News team. So let me add each of them to the list:
Awesome Austin Wells, Editor/Senior Reporter.
Genuine Julie Anne White, Reporter/Staff Writer.
Jazzy Julie Fowler, Fowler Designs.
Brilliant Billy Quinton, Qball Design.
Amazing Amy Sidebottom, Media Coordinator/Creative Genius.
Major League Melissa Delgado, Client Services.
And of course our remarkably talented interns, contributing writers, guest columnists and contributors, whose names and work can be found throughout this issue and online at BlueRibbonNews.com.
(Richard Redig, my husband and business partner, is too humble and private to allow me to mention him, but without him, Blue Ribbon News would not have reached this or any milestone. And our daughter Samantha, when not in college, helps us through the summer.)
But most importantly, our Blue Ribbon News team puts YOU at the top of our list. It’s Good People, Good Living, Good Causes, Good Business, Good Times, Good Health, Good Sports, and Good Music that keep Blue Ribbon News going. (“Good grief,” Richard just said. “Just tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving already!”)
Thank you, and may your blessings be plentiful this holiday season.
By Dawn Redig, Blue Ribbon News Editor-in-Chief/Publisher.
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