The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Posted on May 15 at 10:18 p.m.

Regarding "There are many editorials in the Fergus Falls Daily that are unsigned by anyone and therefore anonymous. One such example is your unsigned, anonymous editorial from May 14th, (yesterday) entitled “Music Deserves Saving”.

Basic newspaper structure goes like this. An editorial, in almost every newspaper across the nation, is the opinion of the newspaper. They are written by members of the editorial board. Editorials are not signed, because as editorials, they are the opinion of the editorial board. Every editorial ever written in this newspaper has been written by a member of that board - the same goes for the Star Tribune, Fargo Forum or any other newspaper. Once again, editorials need not be signed because they are the opinion of the newspaper.

The writing at issue in this letter to the editor is an opinion column. We run one every day on the editorial page. These are the opinions of one person. Tom Hintgen writes on Mondays, Alan Linda on Tuesday, Jerry Ness on Wednesday, Debbie Irmen on Thursday, myself on Friday and Joel Myhre on Saturday. With these opinion columns, not only are they signed pieces, but include our photos, as well.

To sum things up:

1) All editorials are written, and have always been written, by a member of the editorial board. Editorials express the opinion of this newspaper. It's that simple.

2) Columns are opinion pieces that express the views of an individual writer. The writers of columns are clearly identified.

Jeff Hage, editor
The Daily Journal

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Posted on April 24 at 7:05 a.m.

"I believe you meant to say, "the owner of a popular resort""

You are correct. Thanks. I have updated the story.

Jeff Hage, editor
The Daily Journal

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