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AND OTHER IMPORTANT HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS
During The Palmetto Scoop’s 15 month history, we have developed a knack for breaking major news stories that the mainstream media might miss or ignore. Take for instance the recent “So Gay” story — love it or hate it — that we broke which quickly became international news.
The reason we can do this is that we aren’t a major news outlet and we communicate one on one with every day Joes like us — hard working, tax paying citizens who care about making South Carolina a better place. Couple that with the fact that we are read by major news outlets and key insiders, and what gets written here quickly trickles up the chain.
I’m not saying all this to toot my own horn, but rather to make a point.
More than anything else, the one tool that has allowed TPS to shed light on overlooked news and bring it to the forefront is our anonymous Tip Line. Through the Tip Line, YOU can submit information, and the only way we’ll know who you are is if you tell us.
The comfort of this anonymity has led to a number of major stories submitted by individuals who might otherwise stay silent. And we’re counting on YOU, the reader, to continue to serve as our eyes and ears.
So I want to remind you — no matter who you are — that the Tip Line is open and ready for you to break the next big scoop. If you know of something we should be writing about, SEND A TIP!
That goes double for the few thousand folks working in state government. The “So Gay” story was just the tip of the iceberg. There are countless oversights, inaccuracies and inadequacies within South Carolina’s bureaucracy that go unreported and we the people need to know about it.
So please, keep using the Tip Line.
While I’m doing some housekeeping, I should point out that I’ve added a few small features to the site.
In the right sidebar there’s a new flash graphic with links to the Tip Line and the TPS Report subscription page. If you’re on the go and can’t stop by the site every day, the TPS Report is the best way to keep updated on breaking news and important information from The Palmetto Scoop.
I’ve also added a few buttons linking to our YouTube page, our Facebook page, our Twitter page, and our RSS Feed. And for the truly observant among you, I’ve restored the TPS favicon.
Lastly, let me mention that I’m looking for a few new contributors. Not counting myself, we have three as of right now, but they have kind of zoned out since the presidential primaries and it’s time for some fresh talent. If you or anyone you know has what it takes to be a TPS writer, please shoot an e-mail to editor@palmettoscoop.com with contact info and a link to any writing or blogging you/they have done.
Small tip–apostrophes indicate possessive case, not plural. Thus, it should be everyday Joes, not Joe’s….
Yes, Miss Bobo, I did make a “C” in senior English.
KVBH,
500 words and you pick on a misplaced apostrophe? Really?
Down he-ah we has an education problem, y’all. We don’t like to miss them a-pos-troffs
when they jumps inta the sentence un-asked.
Yuh see, ifn we can gets the small stuf, we don hafta prove dat we caint be smart enuff
to gets the big-uns. That-a-way our state di-rector of eddy-cation can keep our schools
waaaay down at th’ bottum of the nat’l list of public skools.
A small tip of the hat to ya’ll, y’hear!
I was amazed to read that Obama has apparently no birth certificate to prove that he was born in the USA. His parentage is apparently uncertain.I thought that the essential qualification for President of the USA was that he had to be born in the USA.This issue is certainly worth exploring by the media because if he is ineligible this would be a major scoop.
Go for it!!!!!
Val, the hospital called, you died at birth. I’m sure you’re not interested in these things the rest of us call “facts”, but here you go: http://www.barackobama.com/images/fts/BO_birthcert.jpg