Meet Rob Garcia
Rob is on The Blade's Digital and NewsSlide team. He worked at the GateHouse Media's Center for News and Design in Texas before coming to The Blade.
Meet Karen Gidcumb
Karen is a member of The Blade's Digital and NewsSlide team. Before joining The Blade, she worked at the Sandusky Register.
Meet Jeremy Schneider
Jeremy is a new member of The Blade's Digital and NewsSlide team. He comes to Toledo after spending 2½ years as the Regional Sports Editor for three newspapers in central Kentucky.
August 2017 newsroom birthdays
There are six birthdays from newsroom employees in August. Happy Birthday to all.
Messina, Dombrowski, Morrison win July 2017 Eddy Awards
The News Eddy goes to Ignazio Messina. New copy editor Dave Dombrowski wins the Desk Eddy and Andy Morrison captures the Visual Eddy.
New web-based Merlin & Trax
Merlin and Trax are now hosted on a cloud-based server. This way, you can access Merlin MX and Trax from anywhere there is an Internet connection. You do not need to be in The Blade Building.
STYLE: Do not use ‘today’
We have made a style adjustment on days of the week. Use days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) in stories for days within seven days before or after the current day. Do NOT use today, tomorrow, yesterday, or last night.
June 2017 Eddy Winners
Columbus Bureau Chief Jim Provance wins the News Eddy, web editor Andy Cole takes home the Desk Eddy, photo journalist Amy Voigt captures the Visual Eddy.