Year-end reviews have always been a staple for newspapers and television. One reason is the expectation that the end of the year is a slow time for news and it will fill time.
I never found that to be the case. Something big always happened during that holiday period, as this week's number one Turner Report post, my post on the 25-year anniversary of the murder of Douglas Ryan Ringler, 8, of Carthage, shows.
I long ago discovered other reasons to appreciate year-end reviews.
They offer me a time to see what stories need to be updated, how much the blog has accomplished during the past 12 months and it also gives readers a chance to catch stories they have missed and give them the full view of just how many big stories the Turner Report has covered, some that have remained untouched by other media outlets.
While going through the posts for 2018 has shown me what areas have been covered well, it has also shown me areas where there is room for improvement and I will work on those in 2019.
Thanks to those of you who read the Turner Report/Inside Joplin blogs for your support this year. You have helped me to keep the Turner Report, a blog that started more than 15 years ago, as fresh as the day it started and you have helped me to establish Inside Joplin, Inside Joplin Obituaries, and the other Inside Joplin blogs as an alternative news operation for this area.
Thanks to those who have contributed financially to the Turner Report/Inside Joplin. Obviously, I wish there were more of you, but I appreciate the ones who have shown faith in what I do and what I try to do.
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