Though vtdigger.org is available 24/7, the team of reporters and editors who make the doughnuts – who do the research, write the stories and edit – need to take weekends and holidays off.
And so, from now on our story publication schedule will be Monday through Friday, with occasional Saturday posts.
A little rest – and an opportunity to see our families and smell the lilacs — will go a long way toward enabling us to produce more in-depth news during the business week cycle.
You can expect to see two to four original stories a day on Vtdigger.org during the week, and we’re here anytime (virtually, that is) if you want to catch up with our work on the weekends.
We believe this schedule will enable us to continue our commitment to high quality work. We’re in this for the long haul, and we know you are too.
A comment about comments
You may wonder why we don’t accept anonymous comments. The short answer is: We want to keep the discourse civil.
The long answer is: Vtdigger.org is not a blog. We don’t let people post on the site willy-nilly; editors read and evaluate our content. We post original news stories, and we vet whatever we don’t produce ourselves, such as opinion pieces and press releases.
So, you might, rightly, say that I haven’t really answered the question, since most online newspapers accept anonymous posts from readers. What makes vtdigger.org so special?
Anonymous comments don’t support our mission. We are a nonprofit news organization dedicated to enhancing democracy through in-depth, interactive journalism. Our role is to foster a civil online discourse, and one very simple and effective way to do that is to require commenters to identify themselves. This isn’t a new idea, of course. This is the way newspapers have treated letters to the editor since time immemorial. In fact, you typically have to submit your town of residence as well – which is something we’ve thought about adding to our requirements.
We appreciate your comments, and we are very pleased with the thoughtful discussions you’ve been engaged in on vtdigger.org. We know you care about the future of democracy in our state.
~Anne Galloway, Editor, Vtdigger.org