In these turbulent times, when decisions at the federal level often have an effect at the local level, as the editor of the Chattanooga Free Press editorial page, I’d like to interact more with you, the reader, to find out what you’re curious about, what you’d like to see me write about.
Several years ago, an analysis of TFP readership indicated that opinions about local issues interested you more than opinions about national issues — that you had many places in which to find opinions about national issues, from television to online articles to our own syndicated columnists.
Is that still true? Would you still prefer I write opinions about things going on in Chattanooga and Nashville than in Washington, D.C.? Or does the daily turmoil coming out of the White House and the Capitol need local analysis?
What local issues interest you? City Hall and the Hamilton County courthouse? Schools? TVA? Local history?
Do you have questions for me? Why do I believe the way I do about certain subjects? Why do we run specific syndicated columnists and not others?