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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Let's Welcome LVNewsBriefs, a News Blog Written By An Actual Journalist

I first got to know Jeff Ward when he covered NorCo for WFMZ-TV69. He's one of the many reasons why that station still manages to provide excellent coverage of at least the cities and county government. Jeff recently retired from WFMZ, but as he puts it himself, he's "not the retiring type." And that's good because we all will be able to benefit from his new news blog, LVNewsBriefs. 

The title is apt as, unlike me, he's learned the art of being succinct. "Stories here will be brief and get to the #$%#$ point," he says.

Even better, he's an actual journalist. He spent 23 years at Bloomberg, 5 at WFMZ, and older readers might remember his bylines from the former Bethlehem Globe Times. 

Did you know that PBS39 is undergoing a "transformation" (its word for layoffs) and has cut its staff from 80 to 60? You can read about it here. 

How about a Lehigh Valley company - Shift4 - that saw a stock rise of 12% over the past week? You can check that here, and if you have $ to invest, the ticker symbol is FOUR. 

How about Bethlehem's plan to replace a 2- million-gallon-drinking-water reservoir? He even has a blurb about that, and he's just getting started. 

His blog does allow comments and he himself does sally forth with an occasional opinion. 

I am delighted to see this happen and hope it helps keep you informed. I have added his site to my bloglist, which is available on the PC (personal computer, not politically correct) version of this blog. 

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2024 at 6:19 AM

    Sounds like a good addition to our local Blog choices. I’ll give it a try. However, if it becomes just another single political party advocacy site, I’ll not continue with it. Even just one of those sites continuing here, is one too many. Right, Bernie?

    Straight, balanced information. No deception and very rare censorship, except in cases of vulgarity, etc.

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  2. Vladimir Ill-itchAugust 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM

    Has Councilwoman Kelly Keegan evaluated whether or not it's just another "drama blog"?

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    1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM

      @Vlad 11:34 She hopes to be featured in any and everything. I’m sure she hopes to be on this new blog. Dead Reagan made Keegan the star of the show on Face Book and Bernie does it too. Make no mistake, whether she is infamous or not she loves the limelight.

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