Feedback for 12/13: A2 photos and HRTownSquare
A2 photos are here to stay •Sue, Yorktown: I am a local photographer who has had the privilege to have had several photos published on Page 2 Your Pix in the Daily Press. I heard this weekend that the...
View ArticlePhotographing wildlife in your own backyard, Q&A with Donald Quintana
As many professional wildlife photographers will tell you, you don't have to go farther than your own backyard to capture fascinating and beautiful wildlife images. Indeed, yards, parks, public...
View ArticleFeedback for 8/6: Your Pix and Millennials
Reaction to Your Pix •Paddy: I was horrified by the photograph on Page 2 of somebody throwing a child into the air. As a mother, grandmother, ex-nurse, this is a very dangerous practice. They may be...
View ArticleWe can help rebuild our ecosystems with proper gardening
Have you ever thought about what happens when a native wooded area is cleared for a building site? After the trees and undergrowth have been removed, what happens to the creatures that were living in...
View ArticleFeedback: Flu, transportation, schools and more
Newspaper carrier tipping •Jerry, Hampton: We're at the time of the year when we start to receive envelopes with something written about carrier and an envelope. What's an acceptable list that of...
View ArticleFeedback for May 2: Feedback complaint, daily deadlines
• This is in regard to Feedback. You claim that people do not call into Feedback. However, your sister paper, the Virginia Gazette, has their Last Word that usually, people calling in, has at least a...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, May 26: Sports deadlines, Living Here and more
•Kory: Your headline on page 2 of News said "Pro-Abortion Group." I can't believe I need to explain this, but there is no pro-abortion group. As in, nobody really wants people to have abortions. I am...
View ArticleFeedback 2/12: Hinckley, Marines, Tamara and Kindles
Hinckley case • Rex: Your article in today's paper, Hinckley Judge faces closing arguments, I'd like to know how many Secret Service agents have followed Hinckley around and what the approximate cost...
View ArticleGoogle's Doodle for Maria Sibylla Merian: What makes her special?
Google on Tuesday is noting the 366th anniversary of Maria Sibylla Merian's birth with the gift of the Google Doodle. So what makes Merian special? Her work was a marriage of art and science in a time...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Nov. 18
Trustee sales •Are your trustee sales no longer being shown on the Daily Press website? I used to be able to find them under the Classifieds. Editor: They are still listed. Click on the public notices...
View ArticleFeedback for 7/16: Salaries and photographs
The top public salaries •Your lead story in Sunday's paper dealing with local salaries does not include the fringe [benefits] package, which you need to add another 20 percent onto the costs. Those...
View ArticleFeedback 10/10: Nature pictures, vacation packs and food
• I enjoy, get and read the daily weather and news headline emails that go out in addition to the breaking news alerts. These are my main source for local news, hands down. Editor: We have a number of...
View ArticleFeedback for Feb. 19: Outrage, photos and Facebook
• As a grandmother of four in Newport News, I find the article on Thursday's front page very offending. I cannot imagine how anyone could do this to a four-month-old child. Editor: I couldn't agree...
View ArticleFeedback: Obama, photos, a mistake and more
• Two days of front page headlines is enough and your prince isn't even here yet. Editor: I received this note before the President's visit, but I wanted to include it in my feedback column this Sunday...
View ArticleFeedback: Fort Monroe, Squires column and cherry trees
• Dennis, Hampton: The reporting of the first "public input" meeting by the contractor developing a reuse plan for the Fort Monroe Authority is deficient in two ways. It continues to confuse the public...
View ArticleJan. 13 Feedback: Questions about mall incident, fund and reader note
Jerry, Hampton: I just reread my question about the mall and your answer, which was snippy. Go look in your dictionary about what is a public place. It's a place where the public is allowed to enter....
View ArticleFeedback for 1/1:
• I have read each of your articles regarding the Jonathan Montgomery's conviction and release. Unless I have missed something, none of the articles have gone into any detail regarding forthcoming...
View ArticleFeedback for Tuesday, Sept. 25
Mary, Hayes: I have a comment on the article by Tamara D. about NASA Langley, which is very nice, however, the headline it says "NASA Langley 95." It' is not 95, it is only 58 years old. Editor:...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Jan. 29
• Dennis, Newport News: About the story that was written about the ordinance on Fort Monroe … I called feedback several days ago, and I asssume you forwarded that to the guy who wrote the story. It...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Feb. 3: Kudos for stories, text alerts and the book...
Your next series should be about how the lives of the people who are left behind change when a young mom trying to save her children is shot, or a teenager in the wrong place is shot, or a child who...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, March 31
•Brian, Hampton: In reference to the Nation & World story, "Lanza had stash of weapons:" I take issue with the word "arsenal." That is hardly an arsenal. One is not even a weapon, it's a starter...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, May 12
• Regarding your strawberry picker story. Tell them to put on kneepads and crawl through the fields like I did. It's much easier. Editor: You are a serious strawberry picker. I have never used kneepads...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Aug. 11: Pfac and CNU, gardening, butterflies and the...
The Pfac, CNU merger •Charlotte: The Aug. 6, "Arts center approves merger" story raises many, many questions that need answers. How, specifically, will the Peninsula Fine Arts Center benefit from the...
View ArticleMarch 28: Feedback from newspaper readers
Eyewitness Willcox, Newport News: Regarding the feedback in Sunday's Daily Press, I think if Jack would look at the photos as submitted on the eyewitness website, he would find that the majority of...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, August 19: World Series, small print, HRVarsity and more
I live in Gloucester. I am really disappointed with the Daily Press. In the history of Gloucester, we never had a ball team going to the World Series. They accomplished something that hasn't been done...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Jan. 20
Cathleen, Newport News: So excited to be invited to go digital, but only on an iPad app? Do you have an app for my Andriod tablet and phone? Editor: Yes, there is an application for Android phones. I...
View ArticleFeedback for June 7: Survivors, Venus and birds
Another survivor • Eleanor, Quinton: Re: Suzy-Ray-Vaughn Band. I'm Ray Bruce's sister. Years ago, the Daily Press stated that Suzy and Vaughn were cancer survivors. Ray also survived cancer as a...
View ArticleFeedback 9/2: HRVarsity, citing sources and more
•Mike, James City County: When did HR Varsity content become available only to digital subscribers? Doesn't seem fair to those high school athletes who would like to read about their accomplishments on...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Nov. 17: Statins, statues and holiday sales
•Dave, Denbigh: Your newspaper skipped a story about the new medical ruling about the use of statins combating not just high cholesterol but cardiovascular disease and other problems. There are new...
View ArticleFeedback Sunday, Aug. 26: On our website, and three story comments
• Fran: I really like how your online site is designed. I look at my hometown paper is Connecticut, and there is no comparison. Yours is much better. Editor: Thank you. If you have any thoughts on how...
View ArticleFeedback: Commentary, a picture and the cost of a free press
• Karen: I'm a subscriber to the Daily Press and receive the paper edition three days a week. I'm not a digital subscriber, but still visit your site daily and read the articles that are open to the...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Feb. 17
Not a sports fan • I wanted to congratulate you on moving the "Wanted" section into the news section rather than the sports section which is frequently thrown away. Editor: We have a number of avid...
View ArticleFeedback 6/24: TV shows, TV guides and more
Michael, Hampton: You have an article in the Life section about TV Shows past and present. How can I get in contact with the writer/editor to find out about a past TV program? Editor: The story was...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, March 3
Supreme Court ruling •Nancy, Williamsburg: I want to congratulate and thank the Daily Press for having challenged the court about the judge's refusal to allow pictures to be shown to the Daily Press....
View ArticleFeedback: Story update, pop-up advertising and fireworks
• Dennis: Can you update the story about the former Blue Star Diner? Editor: David Nicholson, our food writer, wrote a short item several weeks ago to update the story. The owners, Belleville Diners,...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, May 5: Mobjack Bay, inchworms and more
•Kevin, Williamsburg: Your article on W&M's program to help veterans get benefits should probably win an award for "least communicative newspaper headline"--it says absolutely nothing about...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, June 23: Cigarette sting, Enterprise and more
Cigarette sting •Ed, Hampton: I'd like to say thank you for staying on the city's failed cigarette sting operation. I hope you can continue until the state steps in and investigates the case and...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Nov. 10: Precinct results, Boy Scout award and more
Precinct Results •Dave, Denbigh: I have been a subscriber since 1981, and I want to thank you for printing the precinct results in today's paper. Editor: We ran the precinct results after a number of...
View ArticleFeedback: Denbigh Days, Paul Ryan's Visit and more
• On page 2 of a recent Daily Press under 'Your picks' was a picture of a little girl sleeping on a sign that read 'There's no place like home.' It had to do with Denbigh Days. Little girls are made...
View ArticleFeedback for 7/10: Columnists, photos and more
Columnists • Chris and Susan, Gloucester: We would like to express our unhappiness with Tamara's assignment to science and the environment. It is not that we feel these topics should not be covered,...
View ArticleFeedback for Dec. 30: Mall brawl, Christmas paper and more
•It would have been nice if the story about the disturbance at the mall had actually indicated which mall. Granted, the drop head said Patrick Henry and there was an identifying photo and cutline, but...
View ArticleFeedback for 6/11: Democratic primary, Your Pix, dolphins
Who is on the ballot? •Maybe I've missed it, but where do we vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary and who is on the ballot? Editor: Yes, you have missed all of the stories, including the Sunday...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, March 24
•Mary, Hampton: I saw the story in the paper about a woman getting her wallet stolen in the Newport News Walmart. I had that happen to me last year. I think it's the same people. The woman distracts...
View ArticleFeedback: Holidays, pictures and a thank you
Celebrating holidays •Mary, Gloucester: Bob in Williamsburg had the mirror image of what I was thinking. We get all this Christian holiday whoop-de-do in a supposedly secular newspaper. If you salute...
View ArticleFeedback for 10/4: Burning brush, Fort Monroe, Your Pix
Brush burning in York •I read your piece on Wednesday morning about the sediment from the storms affecting the Chesapeake Bay in "Muddy waters flowing our way." I'd already called about York County...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Sept. 8
•John: In reference to the recent stories on Smithfield Foods, two years after the Chinese take over Smithfield foods, there will not be one U.S. citizen working in the plant, and the price of pork...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Sept. 1: Your Pix captions
Your Pix captions Jack: I'm writing why you consistently leave out needed information in the captions people provide with their Eyewitness photos. For instance, on the Aug. 22 Eyewitness site, the...
View ArticleCricket campaigns for biodiversity
Sci & Tech Going batty for nature protection comments Readers Recommend Image Caption: The European field cricket (Fabian Biasio / Pro Natura) swissinfo.ch and agencies January 6, 2014 - 19:22 An...
View ArticleFeedback for weather, Newport News killing and women's basketball
Mammoth forecaster •Mary, Williamsburg: I loved your article about Saltville's weather-predicting by Willy the Mammoth. Any chance getting a picture of the 28-foot creature? That would have been...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Feb. 10: Questions about the post office, architecture...
•I am calling about the inconsistencies in the reporting of the Saturday closing of the post office. On the first page in Thursday's paper it states $16 billion for 2012. In the editorial it refers to...
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