The Lakeville Journal News Coverage
The last time this newspaper did a readership survey in 2019, The Lakeville Journal Co., publishers of The Lakeville Journal, The Millerton News and www.tricornernews.com, was at a crossroads. Then, we were looking at drastically cutting costs in order to survive, yet wanted to continue to provide you with the news coverage that mattered most to you. Your answers helped us formulate what our newspapers and special publications look like now.

Two years later, after two highly successful appeals to our readership for contributions that saved their local community newspapers, this small media company is in a very different place. Your generosity kept us alive, even during a worldwide pandemic, and we were able to apply for and receive tax-exempt status from the IRS as a public charity. Your contributions to The Lakeville Journal Foundation are now tax deductible to the extent permitted under the law. Now it is time to regroup again and hear from you, our valued readers, on what you would like most to see in your community weekly news.

We sincerely ask you to take the time to respond to our survey, here in hard copy or online at www.tricornernews.com, expressing what matters most to you week to week. In 2019, we received around 300 replies to our survey. It would be great to beat that very good percentage of responses this time around.
Thank you for keeping track of your local news in our publications, and profound gratitude for your support that kept The Lakeville Journal, The Millerton News and www.tricornernews.com here for your communities.

Janet Manko, publisher and editor in chief
Cynthia Hochswender, executive editor The Lakeville Journal
Whitney Joseph, editor, The Millerton News
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How important to you is coverage of town government, especially meetings of the boards of selectmen or town boards and the annual budget decisions?
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How interested are you in news of Region One and town school boards, teachers, students, programs and activities?
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How interested are you in regional government issues that affect our towns, such as highway safety, faster internet or concerns about cellular technology?
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How important is coverage of activities at libraries or retirement communities; holiday events such as Easter egg hunts; personality profiles; or articles about land conservation or outdoor activities?
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Arts Coverage
How strongly do you feel Compass with its calendar, reviews and previews of shows and programs is a valuable resource in planning your event attendance?
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Event Announcements
How much do you value being able to run announcements of your events in the regular news pages?
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Has attendance at an event increased for you because you’ve announced it on our pages?
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Would you be willing to pay a fee to ensure that your announcement is included on the news pages?
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Obituaries
The fee to publish obituaries in The Lakeville Journal and Millerton News is dramatically lower than the cost in other publications, even regional ones. Our average cost is between $50 and $100. Would you support a change to double that fee?
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Opinion
How important is it to you to have a place to publish your thoughts in letters to the editor on the Opinion page?
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How important is it to you to read local, state and national opinions expressed by our columnists on the Viewpoint page?
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Special Sections
The Lakeville Journal publishes special issues each year, including Discover Salisbury, Towns and Villages and Holiday Gift Guide. Do you find these special-theme issues valuable?
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Do you use the Towns and Villages special section (with its listing of key town services) as a guide to town services?
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Other Coverage
How interested are you in what's happening "in Hartford," i.e., at the state government level?
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How interested are you in news in counties surrounding the Northwest Corner, like Berkshire in Mass. and Dutchess or Columbia in N.Y.?
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How interested are you in news about Litchfield County beyond its Northwest Corner?
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Do you think more people get information about local products and services from advertisements in The Lakeville Journal or from what they see on local sites on the internet? 
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Is there something else that you want more of, less of or that you'd like to see presented differently?
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