Though I am excited about this, it does mean change. The final edition of the Crescenta Valley Sun will be on July 3. However, I want to assure you that the quality and depth of coverage will remain. In fact, coverage will be better, as there will simply be more of it.
I understand that many of you may have questions about how this merger will function, and how it will affect your experience as a reader. Please contact me with your concerns, and I will answer you the best that I can.
But, first, I want to answer a question many may have — namely, why we are doing this? The Crescenta Valley Sun has been around since only 2002, but I know many readers quickly made it part of their weekly ritual.
The answer, frankly, is overlapping and duplicating coverage. On many occasions, both the News-Press and Valley Sun would cover the same event, using different reporters, photographers and editors. We can no longer afford to do this. We must utilize every staff member in the most efficient manner possible.
With this change, we can cover more stories, cover them more completely, and get them to you faster. The combined staffs of the News-Press and Sun will be better equipped to follow breaking news, write in-depth features, and better serve as a government watchdog. And this is just in print. Our combined staffs will give us additional flexibility online, bringing breaking news, sports and analysis to you seven days a week.
We recently established a Twitter account — which you can follow at GlendaleNP — and soon will have blogs and a redesigned website. The overarching idea is to dramatically increase the transparency of our news-gathering, and, by extension, make the paper a more vital part of the community.
Glendale is a unique and special place, and I firmly believe that the News-Press can capture the essence of all its neighborhoods, both north and south. However, only you can tell me how well we’re succeeding, and I urge you to do so.
DAN EVANS is the editor. He can be reached at (818) 637-3234 or dan.evans@latimes.com.
