New from Wisconsin

[SilenceDoGood]

Hi everyone, just moved from Wisconsin about a month ago for similar reasons as listed in the FSW site (which I didn't know existed until today). I have two little boys who wonder why we didn't move here sooner. Things have been pretty good so far, but I'm hitting a brick wall when it comes to finding good work in my field of interest, which, unfortunately, isn't restaurants or the oil business, lol.
I like my privacy and we're looking to buy a house in rural Casper within the next year. Nice to know there are others who like their freedom and space, too, and I can't wait to meet some of you who are local! Can't wait to get involved!

[Jared]

Cool!  There's quite a bit of folks in the Casper area so you'll have lots of contacts to work with.

[planetaryjim]

Dear Silence,

Hi everyone, just moved from Wisconsin about a month ago

My friend John (the van crasher) in Gillette is also from Wisconsin.

Things have been pretty good so far, but I'm hitting a brick wall when it comes to finding good work in my field of interest,

Okay!  What is your field of interest?  You have dozens of friends eager to help.

Regards,

Jim

[SilenceDoGood]

I noticed several Wisconsin license plates within the first few days of living here, and took note of a bumper sticker I keep seeing: "My Wyoming has an East Infection", hillarious!

I have lots of office experience, which I enjoyed, and I majored in history at college and love doing research, archiving and writing. I was a newspaper reporter for three years, but got tired of my editor re- writing or omitting sections of stories, which went far beyond her duties of pagination and editing for grammar, as well as the lack of journalist ethics practiced by that corporate newspaper.

Right now I'm stuck in restaurant work; while my grandparents' generation would have considered this an "opportunity", to me it's both amusing and frusterating. My 18 year- old manager never graduated from high school and has no idea where Wisconsin is. 

Thanks everyone for the open arms.
 

[MamaLiberty]

Welcome! Look here for some openings at the Casper-Star: http://www.casperstartribune.net/hr/employment/   

They seem to have an excellent newspaper, and even ran a very positive article about FSW. You might check them out and see if you can improve your circumstances.

Good luck!

[SilenceDoGood]

Hi MamaLiberty,

I appreciate the info. But I will never work for a corporately- owned (however small) paper again. Too many chiefs, yet not enough vigilance over ethics codes. Too much interest in the bottom line.

[planetaryjim]

Hmmm.  MamaLiberty, do you remember a few months ago when we were upset about some very nasty articles and editorial-like articles in the Sundance Times?

Do you remember how we discussed planning a new newspaper for the region?  One with an honest editorial policy.  One that might, even, say, keep editorializing to, oh, say, the editorial page?

And how we were concerned that you didn't have any time to do the work of developing a plan for this new newspaper, but would be able to work for it in an editorial capacity, for pay, once it was ready to go?  Maybe I'm forgetting some of it.

But, doesn't it strike you as excellent that here is this Silence Do Good who has actual experience as a reporter, and is looking for work?  Might be worth finding that thread?  Where did we put it?

Regards,

Jim

[Jared]

Might be worth finding that thread?  Where did we put it

http://www.fundamentalsoffreedom.com/fswforum//index.php?topic=3339.0
http://www.fundamentalsoffreedom.com/fswforum//index.php?topic=2232.0

[MamaLiberty]

Works for me, Jim. If he wants to take the point on the FSW paper, I'd be cheering all the way. But he said he needed a "job" and I assume he needs to make a living first. Any new business is going to do good to break even in the beginning, especially one like a radical newspaper... so it would seem good to have another source of income at least for a while.

I can certainly understand why someone would not want to work for a "mainstream media" company, though I'm not sure if the Casper Star quite fits there... I have no intention of ever returning to the Medicare nightmare of established "nursing."

I'm very willing to talk to anyone who wants to help with this project. The possibilities are almost endless and we have the talent already in place to make it work. We've got plenty of indians... just need a "chief" to take the ball and run with it.

Pardon the horrible mix of metaphors... LOL

[wyomiles]

Howdy Silence, welcome here.  Miles

[SilenceDoGood]

Good morning all!

Thanks Miles.
And for the record, I am a "she", lol (do I write like a man??!!). While Silence Dogood was the pseudonym used by Benjamin Franklin, I twisted it a bit and am indeed a woman.
I do have steady employment, and being a single parent, don't have loads of free time, but would be TICKLED and honored to be a part of a serious project geared towards producing some type of FSW publication, and would be very willing to do any such work for free until (or if) the publication reaches any significant and steady subscription base. Newspaper work has been romanticized quite efficiently by Hollywood, but there can be a lot of busy and boring work associated with such a project, so anyone involved needs to be committed to the outcome. Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself here with details, but I wanted to put that out there.
MamaLiberty, I must respectfully disagree with you, as I do believe Lee Enterprises, which owns the Star- Tribune, is the mainstream media in this area of this country. I believe they do produce a great variety of personal and community- based stories than many other corporations of their size, but any media organization whose success depends on total lack of competition has incredible potential to become a danger to free thought.
But I suppose this train of thought might be better suited to fall under a different topic, lol....

[MANUMIT]

One thing working over in our OH county..."FREE" weekly paper paid strictly by advertising...underbid current ad rates through low overhead AND increase circulation through "FREE" distribution.

Give the people what they want, focus local news, splash in major national spots ADD  LOTS of local special interest OR helpful how-to's suggested (perhaps even written) by locals...ranching, fishing, gardening, hunting, etc.

I'd think the biggest issue would be getting the ball rolling, finding an inexpensive publisher....focus the Gillette market to build the base and expand.

Hmmmm...sounds like a business model developing...

[FSW Forum Administrator]

You guys and gals need to get with Paul B also. He's pursuing the online end of this type of thing. Might be best to get those two projects (online and print) co-ordinated and going in the same direction.

[SilenceDoGood]

Excellent ideas. I believe online and print publications should accompany and compliment another without being identical. With regards to deciding logistics, layout and revenue, perhaps we ought to coordinate a pot- luck get- together (or chat- meeting of some sort) where all interested parties can attend to voice their ideas and opinions. We'll need people truly familiar with the following areas: business managment, advertising/ marketing, publishing, web design/ IT, and writing/ research. We'll need three reporters atleast to cover the basics; sports, local events/ schools and nation- wide events, and given the nature of FSW, the two latter should incorporate American historiography into each piece.

[Paul Bonneau]

Welcome to FSW from another cheesehead!  I grew up a Packer-backer (back in the Lombardi days), then turned into a Quacker-backer (University of Oregon Ducks).