Friday, July 29, 2011

GateHouse CEO praises tornado coverage of Carthage, Neosho papers

In a news release filed Thursday with the SEC, GateHouse Media CEO Michael Reed praised the work done by The Carthage Press and Neosho Daily News following the May 22 Joplin Tornado:

I want to give credit to the tremendous job our GateHouse employees in Missouri did covering the devastating tornado that passed through the area last month. The storms ravaged much of the City of Joplin and completely destroyed our building there. Despite the tragedy and the personal situations they all had to deal with, our staff provided extensive coverage and assistance to the community without missing a beat. We are very proud of what they accomplished given the obstacles they faced.”

The building Reed was referring to was the office of the Big Nickel, which is now being operated of the Neosho Daily News facility.

3 comments:

Dave said...

Randy-

I think you may have over-analyzed this. Technically, he didn't come out and name the papers he was referring to. If he really gave a crap he could mention the two or three by name.

Randy said...

Perhaps. I just figured those two newspapers were the only ones that really covered the tornado and figured Reed probably just didn't know their names.

Anonymous said...

Actually Pittsburg was out there too although Neosho and Carthage were out the first night.