It’s probably the single question I’ve been asked more times than any other issue in the more than a decade that I have been the editor of this newspaper.
Why is there always so much negative news in the Daily Times. That would be an apt question this morning, with another incredibly sad tale out of the city of Chester adorning our front page.
The answer is fairly simple, even if it is not what everyone wants to hear.
That’s what people read.
But that’s not all they read.
And I certainly hope they read a story we presented earlier this week.
It tells the tale of a lovely deed performed by a Chester woman. And yes, it gladdens my heart that this story originated in Chester. That’s the other thing I am always dealing with, people who believe that we go out of our way to portray the city in a negative light.
They don’t usually call to thank us for stories like the one involving Angela Glass Nelson.
We detailed how Ms. Nelson donated the brand new golf clubs of her late father, which he never actually got a chance to use, to an injured soldier who continues to recover from his ordeal in Afghanistan.
Retired Marine Sgt. Matthew Sonderman is now using golf as part of his therapy.
Now that’s what I call a good story.
We also offered the story of Nelson’s gift to American Homecomings, the national project we are taking part in with our sister papers in the Digital First Media Group. You can read all of those stories here.
None of them will be nicer than what Nelson did.
And for that, a newspaper editor who is always looking for some “good” news, offers a humble thank-you.
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