« Why not promo the debate? | Main | How does the Bee choose stories for the front page? »

Where are the comics on Fridays?

Why are you putting the comics and puzzles page in with "7" on Fridays? I understand that they are entertainment, but when the "7" insert fails to be inserted...it's not a pretty picture at my house.

A bowl of cereal with no comics or puzzles leaves me soggy.

FYI: If I want a weekly entertainment guide, I wouldn't mind going out and buying an extra paper, but I consider my comics and puzzles to be a standard part the subscription that I've already paid for and I expect it to be delivered daily.

Sandy Duke

Thanks for your question. All newspaper editors know that few things are as important to subscribers as the daily comics!

The Friday comics and puzzles pages moved to their current location in mid-March when the 7 magazine took the place of the Weekend section. Since 7 is the only features/entertainment section on Fridays, it seemed a logical place to anchor these pages. We figured that readers would have more trouble finding comics and puzzles in a news or advertising section.

The second issue you raise is finding 7 in your Friday paper. Our production department says it has had few reports of problems inserting the magazine. But we admit that the section can be hard to find in Friday's paper, which is quite large. This is one of the trade-offs we had to make in converting to the tabloid format, which has generally been well received by readers.

Answered by Jack Robinson at 3:24 PM | Comments (0)

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

What is this?

We in the newspaper business make our living communicating, but when it comes to explaining ourselves, we have long fallen short. So it's no surprise that misconceptions abound about what we do and why we do it. Here, you can ask us why we do what we do and we'll try to answer it.
E-mail asktheeditors@fresnobee.com.

Fresno Bee Editors

Senior Vice President & Executive Editor
Betsy Lumbye
blumbye@fresnobee.com
Betsy manages the newsroom, providing overall direction and tone for its operations. In her spare time she competes as an amateur dressage rider, tackles the New York Times Sunday crossword and reads mysteries -- just not all at the same time.

Managing Editor
Jack Robinson
jrobinson@fresnobee.com
Jack oversees day-to-day operations of the newsroom. He entered journalism at the ripe age of 30, after working as a symphony musician and studying statistics at UC Berkeley.

Assistant Managing Editor for Presentation
Kris Eldred
keldred@fresnobee.com
Kris oversees the Bee's copy desks and the photo, art and features departments. She designed and edited her first newspaper -- for a creative writing class -- in the sixth grade.

Assistant Managing Editor for News
John Rich
jrich@fresnobee.com
John oversees The Bee's local news, sports and business departments. He got ink in his blood -- literally -- as a teenager working on a printing press.

Assistant Managing Editor for Online
Jennifer Ward
jward@fresnobee.com
Jennifer works with all the departments to develop multimedia content and interactive projects for online. She wrote her first computer program in 6th grade -- and still has the original cassette tape it's stored on.

Editorial Art Director
Andrea Cooper
acooper@fresnobee.com
Andi directs a staff of five artists. Her passion for art and illustration span careers in advertising, teaching and editorial design. She also enjoys trekking the High Sierra, winter, spring, summer and fall.

Director of Photography
William Haines
bhaines@fresnobee.com
William supervises a staff of 10 photographers who scour the valley to bring you compelling images. He rides vintage Italian motor scooters that spew smoke and his first published photo was of friend and actor Rob Schneider in high school.

Sports Editor
Matt Lloyd
mlloyd@fresnobee.com
Matt Lloyd has been at The Bee since April 1999. He recently was promoted to Sports Editor in August 2008. He previously was the Assistant Sports Editor. A former sports reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area, he oversees the production of The Bee's daily sports section and the department's special sections.

Executive News Editor
Alison Lucian
alucian@fresnobee.com
Alison oversees The Bee's copy editors from the news desk and the features department. She joined The Bee in 1998 after moving here from the East Coast.

Features Editor
Kathy Mahan
kmahan@fresnobee.com
Kathy manages two editors, 11 reporters and two information aides responsible for arts, entertainment and lifestyle coverage. Reading Rolling Stone Magazine as a teen sparked her interest in journalism.

Business Editor
Mike Nemeth
mnemeth@fresnobee.com
Mike oversees The Bee's business department. He has worked at newspapers more than 20 years and is the third generation of his family to join the industry.

Assistant News Editor
Steve Provost
sprovost@fresnobee.com
Steve manages the news copy desk, leading a staff of 18 wordsmiths and page designers. A Fresno native, he spends his spare time studying ancient and modern spirituality ... and singing karaoke.

Head Librarian
Nancy Ramirez
nramirez@fresnobee.com
Nancy oversees the daily archival of The Fresno Bee and the weekly publications along with research for the newsroom and the public. She is proud of her two awards for Best of the Bee Outstanding Achievement for Best Behind the Scenes.

Metro Editor
Robert Zizzo
rzizzo@fresnobee.com
Robert manages The Bee's metro/local news department.

Archives


RSS and Copyright

RSS feed [What is this?]
© Copyright The Fresno Bee