About South Tahoe Now
SouthTahoeNOW.com is a local news website serving the South Lake Tahoe area. We are dedicated to the advancement of community journalism and educating local readers about current news and events.
Publisher, Editor and Operations Manager: Paula Peterson
Contributing Writers:
What We Do
Local
Everything you wanted to know about the South Lake Tahoe area
Timely
It’s what’s happening in South Lake Tahoe right now
Mobile
Take SouthTahoeNOW.com with you on your cell phone
Comprehensive
Get all the news about the South Lake Tahoe area in one place
Open
Works with other systems like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc
Synergistic
South Tahoe Now users work together to report and edit the news
Social
Connect, discuss, share
Personalized
Get the news that’s important to you
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Founding Principles
• Community news belongs to the community.
• Everyone is a reporter, and everyone is an editor.
• The best local journalism comes from a mix of involved citizens reporting what they know and see, professional journalists helping make sense of it all, and sharp-eyed readers who question everything.
• People are always more important than institutions.
• Don’t compete. Collaborate, complement, cooperate.
• We will always strive to make it as easy as possible for everyone to add content, from cell phones, email, web browsers, etc.
• Everyone can participate, as long as they respect the rights of others to participate as well. We don't out, harass, bully or intimidate our readers. If you're looking for this, you're at the wrong website.
Content Policies
We believe that everyone is entitled to freedom of speech. We also believe people have the right to carry on discussions without undo disruptions from those who seek attention, engage in personal attacks, and otherwise poison the atmosphere for productive conversation. We will try to strike a balance when these principles come into conflict, but we reserve the right to remove any content that we feel is inappropriate, including content that is not relevant to the local area and our readers.