It\u2019s been a busy summer, and after a vacation on my part late last month, an even busier fall. It\u2019ll be over before we know it, and snow will be on the ground.<\/p>\n
Before the season slips away entirely, I wanted to share a few things that are new on our end.<\/p>\n
Please flip to page A13 for an announcement on the editorial board<\/a>. Summary: It\u2019s back, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited. It\u2019ll be great to once more delve into community issues, and try to further the discussion on what to do about Juneau\u2019s most pressing problems.<\/p>\n For readers, please don\u2019t forget that anyone can weigh in on our editorial pages by submitting a Letter to the Editor or My Turn. You can find instructions on how to submit those sorts of pieces by visiting juneauempire.com\/submit-my-turnletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you would also like to meet with the editorial board, don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to me at editor@juneauempire.com. Ideas for editorials are always welcome, too.<\/p>\n In another section of the paper, Outdoors, we have a new segment that I am happy to announce: Curious by Nature. Curious by Nature will be answering reader-submitted questions about Mother Nature in Juneau and Southeast Alaska.<\/p>\n Have you ever wondered why the water here gets murkier in the summertime? Exactly how fast the Mendenhall Glacier is melting? Whether the Fukushima disaster is hurting Juneau\u2019s salmon stocks? Why your dog loves the smell of bear poop?<\/p>\n If so, send your questions to outdoors@juneauempire.com. Reporter Kevin Gullufsen will be fielding them, and he promises to scour mountains, rivers, labs and university hallways to try to answer them. You can also contact Kevin directly at 523-2228.<\/p>\n In case you missed it, the first Curious by Nature column ran in this Friday\u2019s Outdoors section, where a reader wanted to know what a mysterious white blob was that washed up on a beach at Berners Bay. You can read the story here online: http:\/\/juneauempire.com\/outdoors\/2017-10-12\/curious-nature-mysterious-white-matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n The third new thing isn\u2019t actually as new as some of the others, but I did want to make a belated introduction for those who haven\u2019t seen it yet. The Juneau Empire now has a fashion photographer in Kerry Howard!<\/p>\n Kerry has been taking photos for our weekly fashion segment called \u201cJuneau<\/a> Style<\/a>,\u201d which showcases how Juneauites dress, whether on the streets downtown, on the fishing docks or on the trails. It\u2019s an idea borne out of the belief that the Juneau look \u2014 XtraTufs, Carhartts, rain gear and the rest \u2014 is something to be celebrated.<\/p>\n You can find Kerry\u2019s pics every Sunday in the Neighbors section of the newspaper. Sometimes she also rotates with other photographers, such as Gina Vose in this week\u2019s issue.<\/p>\n If you see Kerry around town snapping pictures, be sure to give her a wave and say hi, or maybe just strike a pose. (By the way, you can find all her Juneau Style photos online at juneauempire.com in a photo slideshow called Juneau Style.)<\/p>\n One more quick announcement: The Empire will be hosting another meet-and-greet this month. It\u2019s Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Mendenhall Valley Heritage Coffee shop. Come say hi, and feel free to share any questions you may have or ideas for the newspaper. I\u2019ll be there, as will other Empire staff.<\/p>\n See you there, and thanks, as always, for reading.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Emily Russo Miller is the editor of the Juneau Empire. She can be reached at 523-2263 or emily.miller@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been a busy summer, and after a vacation on my part late last month, an even busier fall. It\u2019ll be over before we know it, and snow will be on the ground. Before the season slips away entirely, I wanted to share a few things that are new on our end. Please flip to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26707"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n
\n