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24-412: The Ithaca Journal publishes a daily morning newspaper Monday through Saturday. No edition is printed on Sundays. Starting on March 27, 2006, The Ithaca Journal included four sections Monday through Friday. The first section includes local, national and international news. The second section includes several pages of city and county news and sports. The third section, which was launched March 27, 2006,

48-609: A CBS News correspondent, in 1986. They moved to London in 1987. A daughter, Emily, was born there in 1988. The couple divorced in 1990 and Dickinson and her daughter returned to the United States. Dickinson married Bruno Schickel, a builder from Dryden, New York , on August 16, 2008. Dickinson still lives in Freeville. Dickinson has worked as a producer for NBC News . Her articles have appeared in such publications as The Washington Post , Esquire , and O . She wrote

72-536: A book and put it on their children's beds on Christmas. Along with the Family Reading Partnership, "A Book on Every Bed" meant many children received books not only at Christmas but on birthdays or other holidays. Later, Dickinson made the idea a way to honor the memory of her mother on her birthday, December 23. Dickinson asked readers of her column to give a book to a child on Christmas or whatever day they celebrated. She said it could be new or

96-477: A column on family issues for Time , and produced a weekly column for AOL 's News channels, drawing on her experiences as a single parent and member of a large, extended family. In 2003, Dickinson succeeded Ann Landers (Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer) as the Chicago Tribune ' s signature advice columnist. Tribune Content Agency syndicated Ask Amy to newspapers around the world. Dickinson

120-512: A favorite book, but it should be wrapped at the foot of the child's bed. The parent should read the book to the child after it is unwrapped. In 2019, Dickinson joined with Children's Reading Connection, started in Ithaca, New York . Press %26 Sun-Bulletin The Press & Sun-Bulletin is a daily newspaper serving the area around Binghamton, New York . The newspaper was formed by

144-491: A sensation after being posted on Upworthy and BuzzFeed and tweeted by George Takei . In an interview with GoPride.com, an LGBTQ website, Dickinson addressed the letter's popularity: I've been saying the same thing over and over and over again. What's interesting is that social media has changed the equation so much. I could probably find Q & As similar to this from years ago, but because there wasn't Twitter and Facebook and George Takei didn't have 5 million followers, it

168-538: Is a former American newspaper columnist who wrote the syndicated advice column Ask Amy . Dickinson has appeared as a social commentator on ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's The Today Show . Dickinson was born and raised on a small dairy farm in Freeville, New York . She attended Clark University in Worcester, MA, from 1977 to 1978 and transferred to Georgetown University . She married Anthony Mason ,

192-531: Is a frequent panelist on the radio game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! that is distributed by NPR , and was a regular featured guest on Talk of the Nation . She has also appeared on Car Talk with questions about how to respond to car problems in her column. On February 9, 2009, Dickinson's memoir, The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them ,

216-399: Is called Life. The front of this section includes a rotating selection of features: In addition, Life also includes an Arts & Entertainment page that includes entertainment and celebrity news, TV listings and Amy Dickinson 's advice column. There is also a full page of comics and puzzles. Business and personal finance news appears on a page called Dollars & Sense. The fourth section

240-587: Is distributed at no cost at retail locations and vending machines throughout the area and features stories of interest to a younger audience as well as an events calendar. Buzz is also distributed in the markets of The Ithaca Journal's sister publications, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and Elmira Star-Gazette . Founded in 1815 as the Seneca Republican , it was renamed The Ithaca Journal in 1823. According to its website,

264-423: Is entirely classified advertising . On Saturdays, the classified ads expand to two sections. The Ithaca Journal is located on West State Street in downtown Ithaca, New York . The Journal ' s offices spread over two buildings, the newspaper's original building and the neighboring Greenstate Building. The newsroom is located on the second floor of the original building with various administrative offices on

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288-420: Is published under the name The Ithaca Journal . Among its stars were Kenneth Van Sickle, the long-time sports editor who had a popular column for decades, covering everything from Cornell University and Ithaca College to high schools to local recreational sports. The newspaper in 1985, under Managing Editor Joseph Junod, won Best of Gannett for Sports Coverage for its weekly Softball magazine. At that time,

312-578: The Binghamton office. By June 2020, the newspaper's local staff was down to just a single reporter: Matt Steecker. This has resulted in days with no news from Ithaca. Instead, the newspaper uses content from Gannett properties in Binghamton and Elmira to fill the paper and website. The Journal was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 1964 for meritorious public service. The Journal has been frequently criticized throughout its history as pro-war and pro-corporate. Critics have pointed out that

336-465: The Journal also was home to three photographers, whose work was noted throughout Gannett and the newspaper industry. In May 1996, The Journal switched to a morning printing and distribution schedule after many years as an afternoon daily. Until that point, the newspaper run by Cornell University students, The Cornell Daily Sun had been the only morning daily paper in the city. On June 12, 2006,

360-635: The end of June 2024. She asked readers to start sending letters to R. Eric Thomas , writer of the Asking Eric advice column. Her final column, which summarized her philosophy and thanked her colleagues, was published on June 30, 2024. On Monday, November 18, 2013, Dickinson ran a letter from a parent who wanted his son to "stop being gay" because the parent found it embarrassing. It was signed "Feeling Betrayed." Dickinson responded: Dear Betrayed: You could teach your son an important lesson by changing your own sexuality to show him how easy it is. Try it for

384-473: The first daily edition of paper was published in 1870 and its offices are housed in the same building it has occupied since 1905. The Journal was purchased by Frank E. Gannett in 1912, thereby becoming the second local newspaper of what would later become the media conglomerate Gannett Co, Inc. It merged with the Daily News in 1919 and officially adopted the name The Ithaca Journal-News , although it

408-536: The first floor. The first floor of Greenstate building houses the newspaper's public lobby as well as the advertising offices. Much of the newspaper's general administrative operations are handled from the Binghamton, New York , offices of the Press & Sun Bulletin . Behind the original building, on Green Street, is the newspaper's old press facility. This press has been unused since June 10, 2006 when printing

432-525: The newspaper strongly supported the Vietnam War , headlining an editorial in 1967 "U.S. Troops Must Stay in Vietnam," and condemned protests of the first Persian Gulf War as "unrealistic" in 1991. Prior to World War II, The Journal , as with many American newspapers of the era, praised Europe's dictators. "No objective critic can fail to see that, viewed by the practical standard, [Fascism] has been, on

456-821: The newspaper's printing facilities were relocated to the Gannett Central New York Production Facility in Johnson City, New York , located outside of Binghamton, New York . This new facility also houses the printing facilities for the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and Elmira Star-Gazette , both daily newspapers owned by Gannett. Following this relocation, The Ithaca Journal's existing building will be renovated to include expanded office space. In late 2006, The Ithaca Journal laid off some of its Ithaca-based circulation, marketing and advertising staff. The newspaper's circulation and marketing needs are now managed out of

480-441: The next year or so: Stop being a heterosexual to demonstrate to your son that a person's sexuality is a matter of choice — to be dictated by one's parents, the parents' church and social pressure . I assume that my suggestion will evoke a reaction that your sexuality is at the core of who you are. The same is true for your son. He has a right to be accepted by his parents for being exactly who he is. The letter and response became

504-588: The whole, a success," pronounced a 1932 editorial. Nevertheless, the paper is not immune to criticism from the right; in recent years, particular attention has been paid to left-leaning editorial page editor John Carberry. The Journal has also consistently endorsed Democratic Party candidates for federal offices in recent years. In its downsizing, The Journal has eliminated its high school sports staff, relying entirely on staff from Binghamton and Elmira newspapers for Ithaca-area high school coverage. Amy Dickinson Amy Dickinson (born November 6, 1959)

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528-399: Was just confined to people who read the newspaper. Now, oh my God, it's unbelievable. I actually heard from people who said that the letter wasn't real and that I planted that letter so it would go viral. My response is, 'If I could make something go viral, I would do every day.' It's in the very nature of virality, you can't make it happen. In 2009, Dickinson began asking her readers to wrap

552-503: Was released by Hyperion Books . It reached The New York Times bestseller list in two weeks, debuting at number 16. In November 2016, Dickinson announced the release of her second memoir, "Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home," coming in March 2017 from Hachette Books . On May 24, 2024, Dickinson announced her retirement from writing the "Ask Amy" column, with its final installment to be published at

576-593: Was transferred to the Gannett Central New York Production Facility. On Thursdays a tabloid -sized insert called Ticket is included in The Ithaca Journal . Ticket includes local arts and entertainment news and events calendar. A similar publication, Cortland Ticket , is included in newspapers sold in the Cortland, New York , area on Fridays. The Ithaca Journal produces a youth-oriented tabloid-sized publication called Buzz every week. The publication

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