
{"id":2,"date":"2006-11-04T19:02:27","date_gmt":"2006-11-05T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/about\/"},"modified":"2016-01-17T14:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T19:25:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PUBLISHER&#8217;S NOTE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Carrboro Citizen<\/em> ceased publication on Thursday, October 4, 2012 after 290 consecutive weekly issues. For my statement regarding the closing, please read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/10\/04\/the-citizen-bids-adieu\/\">this<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For my thoughts on the future  of local journalism, please read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/10\/04\/whats-a-newspaper-worth\/\">this<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I announced that The Citizen was for sale on August 2, 2012. You can read that announcement <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/08\/02\/the-citizen-is-for-sale\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Carrboro Citizen<\/strong><\/em> was a weekly newspaper and web site for and about the greater Carrboro community, including Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Pittsboro.<\/p>\n<p>Our first online post was November 2, 2006.Our first printed issue was on March 21, 2007. We published every Thursday morning, and for our final issue on October 4, 2012 we distributed 7,500 copies in more than 200 locations.<br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>We maintain three Citizen sites:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Carrboro Citizen<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\">Main site<\/a>, which includes stories from the printed paper, as well as an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/printeditions\/\">archive<\/a> of pdf versions of our print editions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/\">Mill<\/a>, which focused on Arts &#038; Entertainment, Dining and various items of interest;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/flora\">The Annotated Flora<\/a>, which is a cross referenced version of Ken Moore&#8217;s popular Flora column<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Carrboro Citizen Comment Policy<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Comments are closed<\/em><br \/>\nWe welcome your comments on our site. All comments are moderated, so please follow these guidelines to ensure that your comment will be published:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 To make a comment on this site you must provide your <strong>real<\/strong> first and last names, as well as your <strong>real<\/strong> email address. Your email address is <strong><em>never<\/em><\/strong> displayed publicly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Comments on our site should be on topic, civil and not include egregious personal attacks or profanity. Comments found to be in violation of these simple rules will not be published.<\/p>\n<p>This is the same policy we used for submission of letters to our print edition. We see no reason for it to be different for our web sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLISHER&#8217;S NOTE The Carrboro Citizen ceased publication on Thursday, October 4, 2012 after 290 consecutive weekly issues. For my statement regarding the closing, please read this. For my thoughts on the future of local journalism, please read this. I announced that The Citizen was for sale on August 2, 2012. 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