January 11, 2025, 6:09am Clark County News
As I mentioned last week, we are in the process of combining the Camas-Washougal Post-Record’s two-person news staff with The Columbian’s 14-member local news team in an effort to improve… Read story
January 4, 2025, 6:10am Clark County News
As I am fond of telling anyone who will listen, The Columbian is a family-owned small business, not part of a corporate newspaper chain like The Oregonian is. But there… Read story
December 28, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Today’s the day we present our top stories of the year to our readers. As I mentioned in a column earlier this month, we’re doing the project differently this year. Rather than have our news staff vote on the stories we think were most important, we are listing the local… Read story
December 21, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News
With a week to go until Christmas Eve, I looked to see how much press we’ve given Santa Claus this year. Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
Every December since who knows when, The Columbian has published a top stories of the year package. Most years, newsroom staffers choose the stories we think are most important, but this year, Erin Middlewood, our managing editor for content, wanted to try something different. We’re listing our most-read online stories,… Read story
December 7, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
I was sitting in a meeting this week and I started thinking about how we use meetings to shape stories and put together our print and digital products. We’ve changed these meetings quite a bit this year as we moved to more of a digital-first strategy. So I thought I… Read story
November 30, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
As I mentioned last week, our Thanksgiving newspaper this year was produced in advance so that it could arrive in customers’ mailboxes on Wednesday. Thursday was a postal holiday, so we had to choose between Wednesday and Friday delivery. Read story
November 23, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News
I will be the first to admit that our election coverage was a little confusing to print readers. As I previously reported, we pushed the election night press start late so that we could have the first returns in the Wednesday print edition. After that, we went back to regular… Read story
November 16, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
We’re getting ready for GivingTuesday, which is coming up on Dec. 3. Read story
November 9, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News
I kept up with the headlines on election night, but there was still something satisfying about holding the Wednesday newspaper in my hands. Read story