Welcome to the new Salem-News.com!

Tim King's TV camera now only shoots for Salem

(Salem) - Get ready Mid-valley! Our look and level of services at Salem-News.com have both changed in a big way~ as you can see for yourself. The site has been rebuilt literally from the ground up, with all of the latest technology and ease of operation required to make surfing our site the best ride ever.

Salem-News.com started in May of 2004 when Tim King was a photojournalist/reporter for Portland ABC affiliate KATU Channel-2. The station based Tim in Salem and the mid-valley for news coverage but only allowed about three and a half minutes of Salem news to air each day. After doing this for a year, Tim decided to start Salem-News.com for all of the extra news that didn`t make the time slot on KATU.

After working for KATU for over three years, Tim recently separated from the station when the station`s new management decided to substantially reduce their coverage of the Salem area. Cutting ties with the Portland TV station now allows Tim to pursue the full development of Salem-News.com with his wife and business partner, Bonnie King, and several other team members.

Salem-News.com is here to give valley residents a choice in media. The group is staffed with seasoned broadcast professionals with major market experience on a level with anything Portland has to offer, all proud to be from Salem and to have a presence and a voice here.

Salem-News.com is:

• Bonnie King- General Manager/Reporter
• Tim King- Executive Editor of News/Reporter
• Kevin Hays- News Director/Reporter
• Jon Kai- Photographer/Reporter
• Henry Clay Ruark- Op-Ed Reporter
• Tina Miller- Sports Director/Reporter
• Sean King- Teen Reporter
• David Duncan- Systems Analyst/ Technology Reporter
• Matt Lintz- Web Design Developer/Creator
• James Lewis- Quality Control
• Kate Steele- Graphic Artist
• Britney Wharton- Marketing Associate/Graphic Design

Here are some highlights of the new Salem-News.com:

• A completely new layout that blends traditional thinking and cutting-edge technology.
• Full, free search functions that guide you through all of the stories Salem-News.com has published since the beginning.
• Story interactivity that allows visitors to contribute and publish their own thoughts on stories we publish.
• A complete sports section that will cover local, regional and national sports in more depth and with new perspectives.
• Salem forums for local residents to share their thoughts on stories and developments.

There is much, much more coming to the new site in the next few weeks as well. We are grateful to Matt Lintz and S.S.I. in Salem for bringing our new site to reality.

If you're interested in advertising, just give us a shout: adsales@salem-news.com, and for news tips & press releases: newsroom@salem-news.com.