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 community,” stated Bryson.
Features, organization and school news will be in The Pilot in volume, along with regular local news reports.
Current publishers have greatly expanded space devoted to opinions, both those of this newspaper and of our readers. It is not uncommon for us to publish multiple pages of letters to the editor. This newspaper continues in its role as a sounding board for the community and a forum for debate.
We believe in expressing our own opinions as persuasively as possible, but only on the editorial pages.
We strive for excellence in our editorial product, both in appearance and content. We present the news as impartially, fairly and accurately as possible, and strive to cover those matters of most concern to our readers.
We are a business. We sell newspapers and we sell space in our newspaper. While the news is published free of charge, advertisers use this publication as a vehicle to inform readers of their goods and services that are available at their places of business.
Since we are a business, we must pay the bills. The best way to keep the bills paid is to publish the best possible newspaper for our audience. If readers can’t depend on us, neither can the advertisers. When that happens, we will go out of business.
We’re a growing newspaper with a talented staff in a dynamic community. We’re a good newspaper that is getting better every week.
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