What about breaking news notices?
In response to my previous question, you mentioned your relationship with The Sacramento Bee. It seems to me that they use electronic media better than The Fresno Bee. Every day, I get an e-mail from them with highlighted stories and Daniel Weintraub's recent blog entries. I hit delete on many, but many others are interesting. If The Fresno Bee has such a thing, I don't know about it. True, I do get the paper at home, but it's easier to catch stories between other things electronically.
Chuck Burks
Reedley
We currently offer two main newsletters: our daily Morning Buzz and our as-needed Breaking News Bulletin.
The Morning Buzz is sent out by 6 a.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. weekends and holidays. It contains links to the major stories throughout the Web site's coverage.
Breaking News is sent when there's a news story that we feel our readers should know about as soon as possible. It's an e-mail containing the headline and important information of the story as well as a link to the site where the story would be updated as more information becomes available. It's a great way to keep on top of the news throughout the day.
To sign up for either, you can use our form at http://www.fresnobee.com/491/index.html. Just be sure to choose "Sign up for the Morning Bulletin" or "Sign up for Breaking News Alerts" in the subject line. Or, you can send a blank e-mail to subscribe-fresnobee_bulletin@nandomedia.lyris.net to receive the morning bulletin or subscribe-fresnobee_breaking_news@nandomedia.lyris.net for the breaking news bulletin.
We're also looking at putting some more regular bulletins together. Any suggestions on what you would like?
Comments
I used to get the Morning Bulletin and Breaking News updates at my work e-mail address, but they stopped a few weeks ago. I don't know if that's due to our spam filter (which doesn't seem to catch much actual spam), or something else. I found them handy on those days when I didn't get a chance to read the paper before leaving for work, and the breaking news updates were nice when they were actually significant stories (not all were).
If I get it back, though, it would be nice to have a Mon.-Fri. option. One of the first things I would do on Monday mornings was delete the weekend bulletins, since I had already read the paper those days.
Posted by: Mike D. | December 8, 2006 11:21 AM
Mike, let me check your e-mail address in our system when I'm back in the office on Monday. The system is set up so that if we receive several bounce-backs in a row you're subscription is automatically put on hold.
Plus, the M-F option is a good idea. Let me see what I can come up with.
Posted by: Jennifer | December 9, 2006 11:26 AM