December 24, 2019 ~ VANCOUVER ISLAND
~ SEASON’s GREETINGS from West Shore Voice News
It is our wish in this winter holiday season that the community is well.
It is our hope, too, that the role of media and journalism is better appreciated in the new decade, for its contribution.
The role of media is to observe and thoughtfully reflect back on a community to itself (not to just singlemindedly ‘hold power to account’ as they say in the political realm). We look forward to serving the community in our authentic ‘storytelling’ manner in 2020 and beyond.
Compared to wilder times of the 1960s and 1970s, the robust clear horizons of the 1980s, the tangent-friendly 1990s and starry-eyed early 2000s, the new decade appears to be heralding a time in society where everyone seeks to fit but without feeling swallowed up.
Supporting pathways for everyone to be part of things is an important societal responsibility. At Christmas time, an open heart and hand to all is especially important.
Thank you to our subscribers, advertisers and readers who support the professional journalism process and follow our work all year long.
~ ~ ~ Wishing everyone a peaceful winter holiday season, from Mary Brooke, Editor & Publisher | Chelsea Kirkpatrick, Photojournalist | and our backend team of IT support, researchers, community liaison, and photo contributors.
======= PUBLICATION NOTES:
DIGITAL: As first published on page 3 in the December 20, 2019 Print-PDF Weekend Digest of West Shore Voice News
NEWSSTAND: You can buy the colour print edition of West Shore Voice News at Shoppers Drug Mart (Sooke) up to December 31, 2019. Then we are switching newsstand locations (stay tuned).