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Saturday, 31 October 2009 02:25 |

Editorial

By Bev Boyle

It's been over a month now since Got News Network added Welcome to 100 Mile House.ca to its first online news site, Welcome to Williams Lake.ca.

A month of re-establishing contacts and tears and frustrations of dealing with high-tech wizardry, and yet, a month of uncontrolled excitement and glee at doing something I have never approached before. This is it! Photos in colour, stories as short or long as they need to be – and as many pictures as the story needs – and most important of all, news that goes up as soon as we get it. This may be a small town – but this is big-time when it gets to people being able to access news as it happens.

Our site is growing every day. It is so satisfying to watch this happen and to hear from people that I see, how much they enjoy it. There is nothing not to like about this job. Wonderful and supportive bosses, working in pajamas if I feel like it (no, not for interviews and events!), being in touch with what is going on, not just in 100 Mile but things that affect or interest us all over BC, and knowing that the only place to go from here is up!

It's like a snowball going downhill (appropriate today), the more you do, the more you want to do. There's Twitter, Facebook, e-mails galore and the constant search for news that you, the reader, will enjoy (or get infuriated at, if you will).

Oh sure – there are some annoyances; cyber-gremlins, events I miss because I didn't hear about them or couldn't attend, the maddening days when sometimes it seems like my computer has retro'd itself back ten years, but nothing beats being exhausted at the end of the day and going to bed smiling at what I've accomplished in 12 short hours.

My bosses work incredibly hard – they are the ones that put all this together and answer so many questions when I just don't get something. And also the better half, who has had to fend for himself for dinner sometimes and clean up his own mess and wash dishes, vacuum, etc., when I am just 'too busy' to do it. I have let friend visitations slide and shopping is just something not high on my agenda these days.

Thanks mostly to you, for checking us out and coming back to see what is new on the site. Stories appear magically throughout the day, and it is all for you.

Next up, we will be looking for advertisers on our site. I could also use a part-time reporter and as always, any news, events or photos you can share will always be appreciated. We want you to be a part of this site. Give us your comments, send in your thoughts or stories; we want that! Support our advertisers, as they support us.

Thanks again to you all!