NORTON RESIGNS HERALD EDITORIAL PARTNERSHIP

Story by ERINA JENSEN
EDITOR

After some negotiation, Herald Editorial Partner T. J. Norton has resigned the partnership of Titulia's fastest growing media outlet. He will continue to serve TMG as Director, but has decided to retire from his journalism duties as a matter of propriety.

"The reality is that the Herald is the media group's most senior publication reporting on hard-hitting political and social issues.. as a member of the Republican leadership I feel it is more ethical for a party figure to remain separate from writing for a news outlet", Norton said.


Mr Norton has a major workload coming up for the next couple of weeks as the organiser of the June 2009 Republican National Convention to be held at the RNC Dome and Conference Centre and acting platform committee chair.

In the wake of former RNC leader Luxis Avaram's confirmation as court justice, Mr Norton has also taken over the day-to-day operations of the Republican Party leadership until a new leader is elected around June 16. Mr Norton was a previous leader and presidential nominee of the Republican Party in February this year and knows the role well.

After the election, T. J. will turn his focus to TMG's new business publication - the Titulia Business Weekly (TBW) and community voice The Titulia Leader. His immediate corporate concern is to technically equip and develop TMG's new radio network and anticipated future flagship - T21 Radio.

"The TBW, the Leader and T21 are different to the Herald as their prospective format is not styled as opinion or biased text - rather as publisher, moderator and presenter respectively", Mr Norton said.

Mr Norton said T21 will also cover the next national election and conduct their first Face the Nation show as a roundtable debate with presidential candidates.

Responding to a request for comment from the Herald, Mr Norton said that it will be a good opportunity to spend some time with the candidates and seek their views on Titulia's growth and where we can potentially head.

"It's something that hasn't been touched before", he said.

"Obviously the candidates will focus on what makes their tick, but Titulia is also seeking their ideas. The public will hear their ideas the same way as some kind of poll-tested, time ticking debate would, but it will provide a perfect platform for candidates to talk openly about their ideas in an environment as comfortable as possible", he concluded.

T21 is planning to air for the first time in the next few days and specific launch times, website and compatible software listening devices will be made available shortly before launch.


On behalf of the Herald, we thank T. J. for helping us 'set up' and for the quality of his reporting to date. We wish him well!