The NW Daily Marker is fortunate to draw on a community of talented local writers and experts to deliver incisive and thoughtful commentary and analysis on the issues affecting our distinctive American region. We live in a time that conservative news media phenom Andrew Breitbart correctly describes as a “renaissance of investigative journalism and participatory democracy.” The free range environm
ent of the Internet – a come as you are universe for alternative viewpoints – has provided a much-needed contrast to the traditional media. Because of greater choice in the market for information, society has rediscovered something traditional media successfully obscured for a period of time – the media has a point of view. We at the NW Daily Marker believe that a media organization should have a point of view, but we also believe that the power of civil conversation is at the heart of improving the civic condition of the communities in which we all live. Advocating a particular point of view, however, should never trump higher responsibilities to ethics and intellectual honesty. In an age when communication is decentralizing at an accelerating pace, the burden of responsibly handling information falls on the shoulders of new media entrepreneurs. We are committed to forging friendly relationships with contributors who can provide challenging positions on the issues and we also welcome unsolicited contributions. The friction of competing ideas is the best fire in which to forge strong solutions. (For more details about our contributor guidelines, see Write For Us.) Founded by Bryan Myrick in 2011, the NW Daily Marker is a for-profit entity wholly owned by the founder. In addition to a body of work in the field of communications, Myrick has been writing on national and local politics since 2008. He is a featured contributor at Red County, and served for a time as the site’s West Regional Editor.
