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Sunday, April 20, 2008
New Publication Launched in Lancaster
County
The Lancaster Post
published its first edition on Thursday, April 18th and the publishers
believe it will provide Lancaster County with a credible alternative
to the local monopoly press.
The Post is a free issues,
arts, and entertainment weekly that will be distributed in every part
of Lancaster County.
"We heard so many people
complain about Lancaster Newspapers -- that its coverage was biased,
that it was boring -- that we decided a little competition would be
good for everyone," said Ron Harper, Jr. one of two publishers and
editors. Read more...
The first edition features
an extensive multi-page exclusive interview with the four Presidential
candidates: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul.
The column asks each candidate the same questions and gives them the
same time and space to answer them.
"It took a lot of
persistence and follow-through to get their participation, but with
such a critical primary just days away, it was in their interests to
get the exposure in Lancaster County," said Christiaan Hart Nibbrig,
the other co-Publisher/Editor.
The publication, a
tabloid, also has many human interest features, such as a restaurant
review, a cooking item, a Lancaster County crossword puzzle,
entertainment guide, and an arts section.
"We want to provide
something that is not only interesting and informative," said Harper,
"but that is also a lot of fun to read."
The newspaper also has a
companion website that will have reproduce the newspaper and have
additional interactive features.
"We know it seems
counter-intuitive to start a newspaper when so many are failing across
the country, but that really affects the dailies. Weeklies are
strong," said Harper. "Plus, we intend the Post to 'midwife' the
county from getting their news from print to the web."
Mr. Harper is a well-known
investigative reporter who published through his website,
5thEstate.com for the past nine years. He is perhaps best known for
the investigative reporting that forced state assembly appropriations
chairman, John Barley, to resign in disgrace. His reporting also
resulted in the conviction and jail sentence of Ric Curry, the former
head of Lancaster School District.
Mr. Hart Nibbrig, an
alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has
experience at Time magazine as an online news writer, and at People
magazine as a business analyst. He is also the founding editor and
publisher of the Mendocino County [CA] Outlook, an issues and arts
bi-weekly (1992)
The paper is published
every Thursday and starting next week can be found at all Lancaster
County Turkey Hill convenience stores, as well as other locations --
restaurants, clubs, professional offices -- throughout the county.
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