{"id":87346,"date":"2026-11-08T01:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=87346"},"modified":"2026-11-08T01:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:14:54","slug":"small-newsroom-big-objectives-and-a-community-that-deserves-even-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/08\/small-newsroom-big-objectives-and-a-community-that-deserves-even-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Small newsroom. Big objectives. And a community that deserves even more."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Given the steady flow of articles, newsletters, and social media posts that Lakeland Gazette<\/em> produces daily and weekly, I sometimes wonder: Do we give the impression of a much larger newsroom than we are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have only one full-time staff member and a team of freelance photographers. Some days, we\u2019re up and out before dawn and still working through well after dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland Gazette<\/em> is lucky; many talented groups of freelancers and contributors support us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although small, I\u2019m incredibly proud of what this team does and how they do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert, our publisher, brings the perspective of a businessperson and an entrepreneur, along with an openness to new ideas and a discipline that keeps the work grounded in our \u201cMission Statement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland Gazette<\/em> \u201cWhere local always matters\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to publish a distinguished and profitable community newspaper. Among our overall goals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To publish a community newspaper whose focus will be excellence in terms of news and advertising content, reproduction, and customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To maximize profits consistent with product quality, but in no case less than required to assure long-term growth and our editorial independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be fundamentalists in our support of the public right to know, and the right of free speech and press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to provide aggressive and visionary leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mission will be accomplished through the teamwork of professionals who are dedicated to truth, integrity, loyalty, quality, and hard work. We believe that a community must first know about itself in order to act in its own best interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe that a strong newspaper builds a strong community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The principles that the staff, editorial board, and corporation of the Lakeland Gazette should operate on are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n