Columns/Editorials
January 17, 2020

Good to Hear – Recognizing value behind a story

By Mac Cordell

It is clear that many people like the Journal-Tribune Facebook page.
We get a lot of visitors. We get plenty of views for most stories and many stories get a good number of comments and some shares.
Though people are interested, many of our posts have a common thread in the comments.
“What does it sa...

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