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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Alarm Box: Steps you can take now to help protect your home from wildfire Ashland Middle School students put their Spanish-speaking skills to the test Ashland Safeway closes Thursday, to reopen as Haggen on Sunday Police Reports 10 things to know for Tuesday Education Ashland Middle School students put their Spanish-speaking skills to the test Grizzlies claim speech championship Levy backers eye final push Neal Simon: This is a test Grade-school philanthropist Environment Stopping fire in its tracks Some trails, roads remain closed due to controlled burn Earth Day: Hope for our 'pale blue dot' Adjustments, contributions keep Mt. Ashland on course Rarely seen Pacific fisher to have prominent spot Business Ashland Safeway closes Thursday, to reopen as Haggen on Sunday Cars We Remember: Car enthusiast wishes new model designs were ‘more different’ Ride & Drive: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Silvio Calabi: Taxis and traffic in the olde worlde Airport Day returns May 16 Politics and elections BREAKING: Baltimore prosecutor charges officers in Gray's death Arthur I. Cyr: Cuba’s enduring challenge to American foreign policy – and American politics Kent Bush: Clinton 2.0 is neither new nor improved Arthur I. Cyr: Britain’s earthquake election Council wants changes to agreement with ODOT for I-5 welcome center State News Bill under debate in Oregon would limit livestock antibiotics Oregon lawmakers begin minimum wage debate Runners to follow historic salmon migration path Nation - World There's a $10 million precious stone hidden in plain sight at Grand Central Tsarnaev convicted on all charges in Boston Marathon bombing Obituaries R. Charles "Charlie" Snyder Death Notices Harry D. Detwiler Death Notices Death Notices Shareable Sports Latest Stories Living on the edge SOU lands two on all-CCC softball team See you in August Wry & Ginger: A pitch to make national pastime better Same old Raiders High school Living on the edge SOU lands two on all-CCC softball team Ashland softball team rolls past Springfield Penn, Norvell, Baldrica pace Ashland track team at Crater Two Raiders place seventh in CCC Multis Southern Oregon University SOU lands two on all-CCC softball team See you in August Same old Raiders Ashland softball team rolls past Springfield Who's got next? Voices Latest Stories Our View: Waging peace after war Letters to the Editor, May 6 Mochas, Midrash and Mysteries: Balancing the gift and the task Our View: Rail car roulette Letters to the Editor, May 5 Editorial Our View: Waging peace after war Our View: Rail car roulette Our View: Reading the tea leaves Our View: Don't ignore ballot Our View: Ski area slips by Letters Letters to the Editor, May 6 Letters to the Editor, May 5 Letters to the Editor, May1 Letters to the Editor, April 30 Letters to the Editor, April 29 Guest opinions Guest Opinion: Restoring the Plaza's sense of place Guest Opinion: Making conservation a game Guest Opinion: A good day to act Guest Opinion: Allegations unfair to Dr. Tomashefsky Guest Opinion: Fremont cottonwood is not a hazard Columns Mochas, Midrash and Mysteries: Balancing the gift and the task Chris Honoré: A wider context rarely discussed Guest Opinion: Restoring the Plaza's sense of place Herb Rothschild Jr: Framing the debate Guest Opinion: Making conservation a game Chris Honore Council Corner Editor's Notes Jeffrey Gillespie Herb Rothschild Revels Latest Stories Five picks for entertainment this week Community blog: A poem in your pocket or smart phone or hand Movie listings: May 1-7 Trio Brasileiro plays Old Siskiyou Barn 'Ex Machina' captivates with style, big questions Theater Ticket Availability 'Arsenic and Old Lace' has killer charm Some OSF crew members seek to unionize Ticket Availability East meets west in one-man show Music The Farr Side: CMAs do it right, in many ways Interview: Offspring plays hits new and old on tour The Farr Side: Slow disappearance of physical music On TV: Your guide to the Academy of Country Music Awards The Farr Side: Intriguing time on the Hot 100 Visual Art More films, excitement than ever for AIFF Movies Victor D. Infante: ‘Avengers’ begs the questions, ‘Why superheroes, and why now?’ Movie review: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ has a lot going on Movie review: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ knows how to party Catching up with the Avengers Movie listings: May 1-7 Food and Drink Taqueria Picaro takes over Tabu space Owner of Mix and Amuse to bring Flip burger joint to Ashland Cruelest Month: Poetry Blog Lifestyle Latest Stories 5 Things to Do This Weekend (May 8-10) Dave Ramsey: Church pushback Suzette Martinez Standring: The maternal staircase Go Ask Alice: Those were the days Cars We Remember: Car enthusiast wishes new model designs were ‘more different’ Aging Happens Inner Peace Column Inner Peace Blog Mocha Musings Rogues: Tales from the Valley Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Photos Videos Blogs Business Business Services NEWS NOW Our View: Waging peace after war ... Mochas, Midrash and Mysteries: Balancing the gift and the task ... Alarm Box: Steps you can take now to help protect your home from wildfire ... Our View: Waging peace after war ... Mochas, Midrash and Mysteries: Balancing the gift and the task ... Alarm Box: Steps you can take now to help protect your home from wildfire ... EDITOR'S NOTES Bert Etling: A homegrown news diet Comment By Bert Etling DailyTidings.com By Bert Etling Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM Updated Mar 19, 2015 at 8:21 PM By Bert Etling Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM Updated Mar 19, 2015 at 8:21 PM » Social News Somebody asked what my philosophy of community journalism is. For starters, I think community journalism is a more accurate reflection of the world in which we live. If you lived on nothing but a diet of CNN, your information world would consist mostly of natural disasters, violent attacks and (at the risk of repeating myself) overheated politics. We do need access to accurate information about world and national events. That gives us a view that can see over the horizon. But relying only on those news outlets leaves out a critical element: The actual neighborhood and town in which you live. That's where community journalism comes in. Our information ladder should have rungs close to the ground on which we walk. We want news about the landscape in which we live, in all its dimensions: social, political and economic among them. We’re glad our efforts in that direction have met with an enthusiastic reception from an Ashland readership that seems hungry for community journalism that can inform not just the civic dialogue but how we live our lives. One of my past editors put it this way: “We connect our readers with opportunities,” she said. One person told me: “Congratulations. You’ve taken a two-minute paper and made it into a 10-minute paper.” That was some months ago. As we continue to refine and improve the Tidings, we’re the first to say it’s a work in progress. More recently, another reader told me, with some amazement in his voice, “I was reading the Tidings one day and suddenly realized I’d been at it for 20 minutes and was interested in everything I was reading!” We know there’s enough, more than enough, going on in this community to fill the Tidings several times over every day. We hope you continue to reach out and share with us what we might be missing. We appreciate your patience, too. We certainly can’t pursue everything we’d like to. But we do know that if you don’t suggest stories to us, we’ll miss a lot of opportunities. Those of you who read the Tidings online should know that one of many items on our to-do list is improving the website, both the version you see on your desktop computer and what’s on your smartphone or tablet. We had hoped to have upgraded those by this month, but that’s been pushed back to the not-too-distant future (we hope), perhaps in the next month or two. In the interim, we’re also working to post more stories throughout the day, instead of mostly in the early evening. A print newspaper, to go back to the diet metaphor, is an information feast served once a day. We need to be, and information consumers expect, a casino-style, 24-hour, all-you-can-eat buffet, from beefy investigative reports to fluffy, entertaining features for dessert. We won’t be posting around the clock, but we do promise to continue to strive to offer you information about Ashland you won’t find anywhere else, a seat at the table of the community conversation. That’s our goal. We appreciate your feedback and participation. And, if you like it, let your friends and neighbors know, so they can take part. For that matter, let your enemies know, too. Maybe we can all find some common ground in the Tidings. Reach Daily Tidings editor Bert Etling at [email protected] or 541-631-1313. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/betling .     By Bert Etling DailyTidings.com By Bert Etling Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 12:01 AM Updated Mar 19, 2015 at 8:21 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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