About
With the launch of My Edmonds News, I have come full circle in my career. Three decades ago, I graduated from Seattle University with a journalism degree and a list of aspirations, all guided by an inherent desire to make the world a better place. Like many new journalism grads, I started out working for community newspapers, then moved to a small-town daily and a big-city wire service before ending up in public information, community relations and assorted other communications jobs. I admit to being one of the few people I know who still subscribes to a daily newspaper, and I have watched with sadness as the newspaper business has faded into the background. It’s clear, however, that journalism is not dead — it has simply reinvented itself to accommodate how people now prefer to receive news and — more importantly — how they want to participate in their community.
I grew up in a small town in Eastern Washington, where neighbors watched over each other and were always there to lend a hand or an ear. It was the earliest form of social networking, before Facebook or Twitter! I have found that same small-town connection with my neighbors in Edmonds, where my husband and I have lived for 23 years. With one child in college and another one ready to finish high school, I am grateful that my kids were able to grow up in such a friendly place – and I look forward to spending many more years here.
I have named this site “My Edmonds News” in hopes that Edmonds residents adopt it as their own: to report news their neighbors need to know, to share ideas or even to offer a helping hand.
I look forward to your ideas and your feedback.
Sincerely,
Teresa Wippel, Founder, My Edmonds News
Congratulations on your entrepreneurial spirit. Looking forward to reading and hearing about ALL the neighborhoods in Edmonds. Thank you for writing about our cause!
Carol
Fabric of Life Foundation
http://www.upontheroofwithcarol.org
Fantastic! I’ve been trying to get Edmonds merchants to Tweet more (or just start!) so thanks for this! Looking forward to a great place to share…
Karen Rosenzweig, @incrediblechef
Thanks, Karen – please tell others. I look forward to having many people participate!
So impressed by your good works. Please let me know what you need (in addition to donations) so that I can keep folks posted. Hot chocolate? Blankets?
This is just great! I will share your info, and look forward to more information about “Our” Edmonds.
Great to have another community news site in a neighboring city!
While all of use enjoy reading the local newspapers and many of the local Edmonds’ blogs, this news site so far is getting information out to the public in a non-bias or non-politically spun manner. Keep up the good work.
Hi Teresa;
Thank you for posting our Bill Hamilton Memorial Sreet Strut on you blog. It was truely a fantastic event that brought our Edmonds School District community together that raise awareness to the importance of supporting our Public Schools through fun and family fitness. This is the first time I have visited your site, but will pass the word on to friends. This is a great community news source, thank you!
Finally, a great website where relevant news can be found about a place we all love. No longer will I have to wade through silly and senseless stories written for no other reason than fill column space.
Thank you for taking this on.
Your entry in our local journalism fills a void currently no longer occupied by the Enterprise, which has gone down hill recently with a lot of very slanted journalism. The Beacon, and Pat Ratliff in particular, is doing a very good job and in a fair and balanced manner.
Its great to have you aboard, I suspect you have a fast growing number of readers and thought contributors.
Keep up the good work!
Just found your website while looking for something else – what a great resource you are providing for us! Thank you very much. The layout, “signage” and links all help me access what I’m looking for, or, what I didn’t know about that I should, very quickly.
Appreciate it!
My husband came home from his Rotary meeting this morning and told me about your presentation to the group. I immediately went to the site and am so impressed. This will definitely be included in my daily ‘newspaper’ reading. Thanks for bringing the great community of Edmonds together here at your site.
For years I have bemoaned the fact that Edmonds was an information “black hole.” That is no longer true. We no longer have the excuse that “nobody told me.” Thanks for your hard work, and for making Edmonds news available to everyone. You may have found the future of journalism.
Great to have a local site like yours. Both the Edmonds Beacon and The Enterprise became really tedious to read with all the political crap – a little goes a long ways as do their rambling editorials…Nice to read about the events and I’m looking forward to more of the local sports news and what this fantastic area has to offer besides politics.