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A community newspaper serving neighborhoods fromFruitvale Ave to Seminary Ave f rom Foothill Blvd to Warren Freeway. Coverage includes Dimond, High Street, Leona Heights, Laurel, Maxwell Park, Redwood Heights.
Box 19046 Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 287-2655
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Below, is Toni Locke's letter telling Metro readers and her neighbors that she is retiring from her position as the Metro managing editor after 15 years.
When I think about the Metro under Toni's leadership, I remember a truly first class neighborhood newspaper that knew its mission -- To report on the lives of the people living in the area "From Fruitvale Avenue to Seminary Avenue and from Foothill Boulevard to the Warren Freeway" -- it executed brilliantly.
It created neighborhood journalist and anticipated the best of "Web 2.0" without the hyper ADD style that presents the frenetic listing of incongruent information as faux journalism, and incestuous linking as proof of worth. If it printed a photograph or prose, it always did with attribution - it was a class act.
The process was slower than what we get today on the Web because it was delivered on paper and was the result of the collaboration of a group that passionately cared about these neighborhoods. It was like sweet spring water that slowly percolates and is there free for the passerby.
Toni brought the Metro to the Web where you can read the current issue on their website and use their archive to learn about neighborhood history. Good community journalism ages well and will be worth reading even when we have reached Web 20.2
http://www.macarthurmetro.org
I have great respect for Toni and thank her for all that she has done for us.
MacArthur Metro
September, 2006
http://macarthurmetro.org/200609/news/3225
Letters to the Editor
To Metro Readers,
The Metro is a public forum I have shared for 15 years with you, the readers. I am now stepping out of the picture. During the past year leadership has passed to a new team.
I will miss the connection with all of you, and the strong engagement with community issues that the job of managing editor brought me. As I head into my nineties I will not miss the monthly deadlines, keeping volunteers on deck, balancing the budget, keeping a clear focus on the public good, maintaining the quality of the paper, and the other demands of the job.
I urge all of you to help keep the Metro viable as a tool for organizing the neighborhoods.
You may find me tending my garden on Hillview St. And that's not all I plan to be doing! I extend a friendly and heartfelt farewell to you all.
Toni Locke, former managing editor