Saturday, June 21, 2014

Encinitas Advocate hits streets

Residents were skeptical of the motives behind the launch of three new local newspapers in an election year: the Seaside Courier, the North Coast Current, and the Encinitas Advocate. The Seaside Courier is published by San Diego political operative Jim Madaffer, and the Advocate is published by Union-Tribune owner and politically active developer Doug Manchester. The North Coast Current, an online paper published by San Diego City College journalism teacher Roman Koenig, was founded in 2002 but was relatively unknown and largely inactive until recently.

The Courier and the Current have had some limited local news coverage, along with some political opinion pieces including on the Pacific View controversy. We didn't expect much more from the Advocate.

But yesterday's inaugural edition of the Advocate was quite a welcome surprise. Led by former Coast News reporter Jared Whitlock, the Advocate is chock full of timely and relevant local news, plus coverage of local events and human interest stories. A small sample of the stories: possible changes to San Dieguito Academy's lottery admission process, the next steps in the Pacific View purchase, a look at how the city council races are shaping up, and the city council supporting a huge park & ride on the Manchester strawberry fields. All of it well-written as straight news without the injection of opinion.

You'll most likely find the Advocate in your driveway. Otherwise, you can find it in newsstands all around town or online here. Congratulations to Jared Whitlock on an outstanding launch!

25 comments:

  1. Why not an online publication instead of something that gets tossed away or soaked by the early morning sprinklers? I just tossed that thing away like junk, now I'll have to dig it out.

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  2. I picked up a copy from a rack at the Cardiff post office. Later I found another copy in a plastic bag in my driveway. I knew Jared Whitlock had been hired by the paper. That's a good sign.

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  3. I remember the good ol' days when the best thing about The Coast News were the photos of girls in bikinis. Now it's nothing but a fish wrap.

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  4. I quit the UT subscription and occasionally read the Coast News - I now understand why the printed media is declining - nothing much to offer. (Plus the UT is over-priced).

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  5. Remember...it's an election year.

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  6. I'll just read it online. Papers are slowly dying, but I will read the Coast news.

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  7. I quit reading the Coast News after finding out that the publisher Jim Kid was found guilty by the State of California for political shenanigans. I understand the political bias papers have, but found guilty is not good for a publisher. Hopefully, the other papers will learn by his mistakes.

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    1. Please, let's state what it was, it was the Dump Jerome thing, and not that big of a deal. Quit trying to slander the one decent, independent paper anywhere in the north county....

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    2. Our 10:34 slanderer is the Eiler/Andreen/Stocks 3-headed thing "just making an innocent observation." Ignore it.

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    3. Not me. I decided to pay Jim for his good deeds to Encinitas. Thanks Jim.

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  8. Remember Papa Manchester is behind it. It's bright and shiny now and Jared's a good guy, but make no mistake: there is an agenda behind it and it will slowly creep in.

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  9. I just read the Advocate - GOOD PAPER!

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  10. I thought the first paper was good, too; read it online. Nice that we can make comments following the articles.

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  11. thats the plan…. suck them in with good paper BS and then sink in the ulterior motive message. It happens time and time again. Classic.

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  12. City council stop the pollution of our driveways with throw away newspapers.

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  13. Anyone remember Surf City Times? That turned into a mouthpiece for the Dark Side.

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  14. Anything that gets thrown in my driveway gets tossed in the garbage can.

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  15. COAST NEWS PUBLISHER JIM KIDD ADMITTED TO THE CRIME! HOW IS THAT SLANDEROUS?

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    1. It's only a "crime" in the sense that a parking ticket is a "crime."

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    2. Also, there is a difference between settling a civil lawsuit and being accused of or admitting to criminal charges. There is a HUGE difference between a civil lawsuit and a criminal lawsuit.

      Jim Kydd did not admit to any crime. What is slanderous is your distortions of the truth, using all caps, no less, to lie.

      Surely you know, by now, using all caps is usually meant to denote YELLING. When it's done for only one or two words, that can be for emphasis, as one can't easily use bold or italics on this blog.

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    3. Was it a crime for $tock$ and Muir to put up their campaign signs before the allowed date which went against city code?

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  16. Watch out Jared. These people will turn on you the second you write something that deviates from the party line.

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  17. Glad the Advocate was a welcome surprise. We're excited to become a part of Encinitas and serve the community as we do with the La Jolla Light, Del Mar Times and Rancho Santa Fe Review. Look for us in your driveway every Friday and online daily. Send your story ideas, letters to the editor and comments to: editor@encinitasadvocate.com.

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