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Both the Pilot and Sentinel have special forms that help people give us news about engagements, weddings, birth announcements and obituaries. The forms list the types of information we publish and help us get the necessary information to write a story about the event. Photos may be submitted along with stories, news releases or with completed forms that we provide. Bring in several photos and we will select those that are of interest to us or that will reproduce the best. Photos must be...
Both newspapers welcome letters to the editor, particularly letters pertaining to local issues. Letters must be signed and be limited to 350 words or roughly a page and one-half of double spaced type. Writers should include a daytime phone number so that the editor may verify content and authorship. We reserve the right to edit letters for libelous material, length, taste and clarity. All letters are accepted and published on a space available basis. Letters become the property of the newspapers and will not be returned. Deadline for...
Over a period of 60 years, Petersburg has had four weekly newspapers, one of which operated under two different names. The Petersburg Pilot is the fifth paper and was founded on February 8, 1974. Newspaper history in Petersburg began on January 18, 1913 with the appearance of The Progressive, "published every Saturday" by J.E. Rivard and J. Frederick Johnson. Rivard was editor. The Progressive survived only a year. Johnson's name last appeared on the masthead on March 8, 1913 and the paper's...
Since the Petersburg Pilot was founded, our mission has remained the same as that stated by its first publisher, Jamie Bryson. Bryson also published the Wrangell Sentinel. The Pilot is a publication dedicated to running news, features and photos about and of specific interest to Petersburg and southeast Alaska. We only run state, national and international news items that pertain to Petersburg’s interests. We strive to publish a newspaper that is “bright, newsy, entertaining and a responsible observer of the public affairs of the com...
A press release might be the best way to present news to us for publication. It’s not hard to do. Here are some tips to follow. Today, news releases can be sent to the paper by email. Keep it short. Space is limited in our small paper; so brief items have the greatest chance of being published. If we want more information, we will get in touch with the news release writer. Get to the point. The important information in your news release should appear at the beginning. This way editors can shorten news items by cutting from the bottom of the s...
Advertising is the bread and butter of both newspapers and makes up about 70% of our annual income. Since we are a business, it is important that we be profitable. If we aren’t, the bills would go unpaid and we would be out of business. Since both newspapers draw an average readership in excess of 6,000 people each week, businesses find the papers to be valuable publications in which to advertise their goods and services. We have three major types of advertisements in The Pilot and Sentinel – classifieds, display and legal notices. CLA...
Our reporters rely upon a variety of people to talk to them each week in order to report the news of the community. The police chief, city clerk, city manager, school principals, parents, children and many others all give us information each week that helps us write news report about this community. Our reporters are trained to ask questions about news events that people want or need to know about, and then to write a story about that news event. They are trained to listen, observe and write about that which they hear and see. Good reporters...
Taken from: Bent Pins to Chains Since 1930, the Petersburg Press had been printed on a drum cylinder press manufactured in the 1890s by D.B. Cottrell and Sons in Rhode Island. It printed eight full-size pages. The PRESS went to the new photo-offset method of production July 1, 1964, with page size reduced to a tabloid format measuring 11x17 inches. Most weekly newspapers including the Sentinel and the Pilot are printed in the same tabloid format. The Petersburg Press was the first hot metal Alaska newspaper to convert to offset. Its new...
The publishers operate one the best-equipped weekly newspaper plants in Alaska. While other newspapers rely on larger newspapers or commercial printers to produce their finished product, Pilot Publishing produces its weekly editions entirely in its own plant. In addition to the Pilot and Sentinel, we also print the Chilkat Valley News in Haines each week The three publications are printed on our 6-unit Goss Community press, which is capable of printing 12,000 papers per hour. The papers are...
The Pilot and Sentinel welcomes groups who wish to tour our facilities. We're proud of our employees, our plants and our history and we'd like to share it with you. Please phone us at 772-9393 or at 874-2301 in Wrangell, to arrange the time of the tour. The publishers or a staff member will provide a guided tour of our operation, and explain how we publish the paper each week. We will also explain how the equipment works and contributes to our publishing effort....
Our news staff at both newspapers are accustomed to digging out the news that appears on our pages every week. That doesn’t mean that we don’t appreciate and respond to “news tips” from anyone in the community. If you see or know of a news event, let us know. Our receptionists will pass the item along to a reporter in the news department and we will attempt to cover newsworthy events to the best of our ability. We have a small staff at both the Pilot and Sentinel, and we can’t be everywhere at once. If you see news happening, give us a call. T...
The publishers support the community with both cash and in-kind donations. They also volunteer time to community organizations, boards and commissions and committees. We encourage our employees to do the same. Our largest contributions are in the form of free or discounted advertising to various non-profit organizations, schools and charities. Several advertisers contribute their newspaper space to non-profit organizations to be used for advertising public events, concerts and school sporting events....
4 lbs. ink 9.5 tons newsprint (Equivalent to 3800 reams of 8.5x11 paper) 928 Pilot pages printed 544 Sentinel pages printed 9 Full-time employees 43 Years Old, Pilot 116 Years Old, Sentinel 6,720 Average weekly readership 3 Office puppies 8 State & National Awards Our Equipment PRESSROOM + 6-Unit Goss Community Press w/ Folder + Ternes Plate bender + Lincoln Ink Barrel pump + 5,000 lb. Forklift with forks + 2,000 lb. Forklift with paper roll clamp PRODUCTION/ LAYOUT + 3 – Mac Pro Computers + 3 — Apple Laptops + 1 Power Mac + Konica Min...
March 21, 1918: The people of Petersburg do not share the opinion of the Ketchikan Miner that the people of Wrangell have the wrong notion in strenuously objecting to the importation of Austrian alien enemies to fish in Alaska this coming season. Last week there was a well attended mass, meeting in the Sons of Norway hall at Petersburg at which strong resolutions of protest against the proposed importation of Austrian alien enemy fishermen were passed. In addition to pointing out that it would be unpatriotic to bring them to Alaska where it...
March 28, 1918: Delegate Charles A. Sulzer has had the government send a quantity of seeds to the principal of the Wrangell public schools for distribution. Miss Carhart requests the Sentinel to announce that any one desiring any of these seeds may obtain some by application to her direct or through the school children. March 26, 1943: Fish, as usual, will pay the tax it appears as the session in Juneau draws to a close this week. Five cents a case up on salmon has been approved with the blessing of the industry. There was little other...
March 21, 1918: Capt. H. B. Babbington, I. Less and E. Brennan of Vancouver Dredge and Salvage Company, arrived on the Princess Royal, Tuesday bringing with them a diving outfit. The gentlemen left today with Charles Darwell on the Marguerite for the scene of the Mariposa wreck where they will make a divers survey to determine the feasibility of raising the vessel. Capt. Babbington stated to the Sentinel reporter that whether the Mariposa will be raised will depend entirely upon the condition she is in. He stated that from all reports he had...
March 14, 1918: Mrs. C. E. Weber was hostess Wednesday of last week at a very pleasant afternoon tea in honor of Mrs. Cole. Bowls of golden daffodils contrasted with the blue and white appointments of the tea table around which the ladies gathered after a time spent in needlework, knitting and merry conversation. Mrs. Weber, whose love of blue and white china is no secret among her friends, was presented with a number of new pieces to add to her collection by those present. March 19, 1943: On March first the Extension Service of the University...
March 7, 1918: The City of Seattle’s call at the port of Wrangell on Friday afternoon was a most pleasant one for both the passengers and the townspeople. When it was found that the vessel would remain in port till 11 p.m. the passengers visited the photo show en masse. The passengers also engaged the North Star orchestra to play for a dance following the show to which local people were cordially invited. For more than an hour dancing was indulged in with greatest pleasure and merriment. The officers of the vessel requested the Sentinel to than...
February 28, 1918: From one of the Dailies of Alaska: “It is pretty generally believed that a bunch of women can’t get along together for any length of time without a lot of friction,” says Miss Anna Durkee, head of the Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company, a $1,000,000 concern, “but I want to say most emphatically that it isn’t so. Fifteen of us have been closely associated for eight years now, and never once have we had any ructions in a board meeting-we’ve gone through some pretty strenuous times, too.” It was eight years ago tha...
February 21, 1918: Here is a suggestion for a saving plan for the household, one that is tangible and easy to follow. Let parents organize their tots into Home War Savings Groups so that the children can earn their pennies and not have them donated to them, by keeping their rooms in order, doing the dishes, running errands dusting, etc. By earning their pennies in some definite and regular manner and then purchasing Thrift Stamps with them, children will gain in the spirit of self-denial, they will become conscious of rendering a real service...