The Herald is looking for reader photos that show life in the Mid-Columbia for a new Sunday feature.
The reader photo gallery will run some weeks on the cover of Sunday Extra, which was formerly named Desert Living.
You must include names and hometowns of people in the photos. Please list ages of children and the names of their parents or guardians. Also, include some information about the event featured.
Ideas may include first birthdays, vacations, family outings or sporting events. Send photos to photos.tricityherald@gmail.com.
You must own the photo or have permission to submit it. You also are granting permission to the Herald to use it in any format, including on our website.
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Disrespect to our flag!
Disrespect to our flag!
As my wife and I were reading the Sunday paper, we were shocked and amazed to see one of the photos in the Pet Zone featured a Jack Russell terrier sitting on an American flag! We were surprised that not only would the owners of this dog be so disrespectful and unthinking of our flag, but that the Herald followed suit and printed the picture. For the record, our nation's flag is not to be laid on the floor, and certainly not as a dog blanket -- even if the dog's name is George W. How can a newspaper make a big deal about Veteran's Day one week and then the next week publish a photo like this?
JIM HILLIARD
Richland
Stat Infection
Stat Infection
Falling circulation and advertising sales have shrunk the news hole. While a smaller staff sometimes means we're scrambling for daily content, more frequently, space is at a premium in our print edition.
The photo galleries have gone a long ways in reducing the frustration of having your favorite shot squeezed out of the paper and the juicy page view numbers they generate have probably added some marginal stabilization to the Jenga-like structure that keeps me employed.
It's been easy to get carried away in the virtually unlimited space, and I've been trying to rein in the bloated galleries I've too often posted. Some stories lend themselves to photo overload, however, and this year I've been experimenting with a new way to handle the problem.
Greatly offended
Greatly offended
Why would you publish in Sunday's edition such an offensive pet photo showing an American flag on the floor with a dog sitting on it? It's bad enough that the dog's owners are so unpatriotic as to put the flag there in the first place, but the Herald compounded their stupid action by showing a dog sitting on it.
As a combat veteran of World War II, I am greatly offended and I would urge other veterans to speak to the desecration of our flag. You owe us an apology. If the dog's owners can read, read this: U S Code Title 36, Chapter 10, Section 176, paragraph b: "The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water or merchandise." Section 176, paragraph d: "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery."
Further, your editors need education also to the proper display of our flag.
Herald seeks photos for Veterans Day edition
Herald seeks photos for Veterans Day edition
The Herald is seeking photos of veterans for our 2011 Veterans Day special section Nov. 11.
Submit your photo and information online through www.tricityherald.com/forms/ or come in to the Herald office at 333 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, to have the photo scanned in by our staff from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Submit one photo per veteran and include no more than 100 words about the person. Deadline is Oct. 28.
Cliché Bells Ring
Cliché Bells Ring
Once the turkey-wine-and-starch hangover wears off, holiday season dread starts settling in for me. I'm no soldier in the supposed war on Christmas, but there's plenty for me to loathe in the most wonderful time of the year. Chief is how boring I find the majority of holiday-themed assignments.
The annual cycle of community photojournalism does repeat in numerous areas of coverage, but standard go-to Christmas features make me cringe more than any other. There's a lot to like about the feel-good stories that populate holiday pages, but I'm lamenting the easy cheesy space-fillers.
The top offender is our annual rundown of local Christmas light displays. It'll be in our Sunday Extra section on Sunday, Dec. 18., and I know some readers can't wait to get recommendations on what houses to check out. I like Christmas lights just fine, but photographing them is as mind-numbing as it is finger-and-toe-numbing.
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