I didn't really intend to use my blog for this purpose, but every once in a while you come upon a story that just makes you want to cry -- and then go hug your children.

Here is the lead as written by Associated Press reporter James Prichard:

CALEDONIA, Mich. -- A couple sat by their daughter's hospital bedside for weeks after an auto accident until she came out of a coma and they realized she was not their daughter after all, but another blond-haired young woman injured in the wreck. Their own daughter, it turned out, was dead and buried.

Here's the rest of the story ...

So what did you think?

That's what I would like to know about "The Week in Preview," which made its debut Monday on the front of the Nashua & Region section.

The purpose of the new feature, which was teased at the top of Page 1, is to give readers a sense of -- to quote the subtitle -- "What the region will be talking about this week."

 

(Read More...)

Please take a few minutes on Sunday to read the farewell column by John Sias, our reader advocate, which will appear in print on the front of the Perspectives section and online under "Opinions."

John served as The Telegraph's reader advocate for the past three years and is stepping down from that post so he can devote more time to a new challenge: serving as president of the New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition.

 

(Read More...)

OK, let's have a quick showing of hands. How many of you noticed anything different about last Wednesday's Telegraph?

Actually, that's probably not a fair question, given that Wednesday represented the third of pretty much four consecutive days of extensive flood coverage.

The reason I ask is that weeks before the first drop of rain fell in the area, we decided to do something here that we hadn't done during my nearly two decades at The Telegraph:

 

(Read More...)

Boy, if I ever needed more incentive not to go so long without posting new material to my blog, I just got it:

Not only did my most recent item get dropped from our main blog page, but any reference to The Editor's Blog at the top of the left-hand rail under TELEGRAPH BLOGS disappeared entirely. At least that was the case when I checked in earlier this afternoon.

 

(Read More...)

One of our goals when we decided to create a managing editor/online position last fall was to improve our ability to get breaking news to you quickly through our Web site, www.nashuatelegraph.com.

Damon Kiesow, working closely with New Media Manager Ernesto Burden and online producer Eric Darbe, has been out straight all day trying to keep you up to date with the latest flooding information.

 

(Read More...)

I'm pleased to announce that Ernesto Burden, our new media manager, has accepted an appointment to The Telegraph's editorial board.

Ernesto will join myself, Publisher Terry Williams, Editorial Page Editor Claudette Durocher, Managing Editor/Online Damon Kiesow and Sunday Editor Marty Karlon on the board.

 

(Read More...)

One of our long-standing policies here at The Telegraph is that we will publish a clarification or correction to a story whenever we feel it is necessary -- whether a reader brings something to our attention or not.

 

(Read More...)

While Telegraph reporters and editors are scrambling to complete our coverage of Julia Earl’s Wednesday trip to Tulsa, Okla., to interview for the superintendent of schools job, I thought it might be of some interest to explain how we got to this point.

That is, how did we initially learn that the Nashua superintendent was one of four finalists for the Tulsa job, a story that we broke on the front page of Monday’s Telegraph.

Did we get a tip from someone in Tulsa?

Did we get a tip from someone closer to home in Nashua.

Did we have a reporter stationed some 1,600 miles away in Tulsa?

The answer?

 

(Read More...)

Welcome to The Editor’s Blog, our online staff’s latest effort to bring me kicking and screaming into the Brave New World of Journalism. Actually, I’m looking forward to this opportunity to interact with readers of The Telegraph and www.nashuatelegraph.com on pretty much whatever is on your minds.

 

(Read More...)