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The Origins of Mid Bay News
So, a little about Mid Bay News. Christopher Saul started his first digital media news outlet as a fourth-grader with a couple of his friends in 2002.
More than a couple of things have changed since Lynch Bunch News started, but making sure people have easy access to information that affects their lives is still a passion for Christopher – and now the rest of the Saul Family.
After the closure of the Beacon newspaper – The Sauls realized that there needed to be a local Newspaper for Niceville Fl. It needed to include Eglin AFB news, Niceville news and Valparaiso news.
That’s when they made the decision to build a local news outlet – Mid Bay News was born!
The Sauls live in Niceville and want to make sure that it continues on its positive trajectory, so that it can become a dynamic community with a wealth of opportunities for people of all interests!
The Mid Bay News Team
Christopher Saul
Reporter/Content Producer
Christopher started his career as a television journalist before switching to a role in Public Relations and Marketing. (Explains the poor use of punctuation, huh?)
Christopher is the engine of Mid Bay News - and his wife Abby is the steering wheel, brakes, taillights, transmission and everything else that makes a car safe and useful.
Cecilia Saul
Junior Reporter
Cecilia is a three-year-old, so she does the lion's share of the entertaining in the house/office/studio. She loves to sing (especially the SMU fight song), play and pretend!
Abby Saul
Editor in Chief
A Mechanical and Systems Engineer by trade (🍢FSU for undergrad and the 🐊University of Florida for grad school) - Abby makes sure all of the Ts are crossed and Is are dotted (and makes sure that Christopher doesn't cross any Is and dot any Ts)! In her free time, she likes to sew clothes for the two Saul kids. She is an incredibly well-rounded person and the Mid Bay News team is lucky to have her on board!
Patrick Saul
Junior Editor
The newest member of the Mid Bay News Team - Patrick has got his work cut out for him. Patrick has a 1000 megawatt smile and is devastatingly handsome.
The Mid Bay News Mission Statement
“Mid Bay News strives to empower readers with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions for our community’s future.”
We believe that by giving you critical facts about decisions you face, elections you will vote in and places you donate time and money to – we can work together efficiently to make our home the best place possible for ourselves and our children!
Our Vision for the Mid Bay Area
Our Vision For Niceville, Valparaiso, Bluewater Bay and Eglin Air Force Base:
“A politically consolidated Mid Bay area which promotes arts and the creative trades as the third leg of the economic stool of the area. We will help to create a strong metropolitan area to negotiate for funding and resources from the State Government of Florida.“
We believe the character of the Mid Bay area of Niceville, Valparaiso, Bluewater Bay and Eglin Air Force Base is something special that is worth growing and making a beacon for other areas to emulate. In order to make our area the best that it can be – it needs to have an outlet that gives people the right information so they can make the best possible decisions for our home.
By supplying this information – we do our part to make the Mid Bay area the best possible place it can be.
Our Values
Truth
We will tell it like it is. This includes acknowledging our own biases. While we may have an opinion, which we believe is a good thing, we will have integrity in our reporting.
Community
We will promote the community as a hub of creativity and ingenuity for the entire Southeastern United States.
Courage
We won't back down from reporting the truth.
Quotes Which Inspire Us
"As a journalistic stance, neutrality is worthless, and usually spurious, because everyone is a partisan of some kind. Objectivity is different: the necessary effort, always doomed to fall short, of rendering reality exactly, like a carpenter striving for plumb, level and square. What's most crucial is independence: refusing to surrender your judgment of the truth for the sake of a political cause. Journalism doesn't require an anesthetized moral faculty.
"Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs."
"We need media that can help people, especially the young, to distinguish good from evil, to develop sound judgments based on a clear and unbiased presentation of the facts, and to understand the importance of working for justice, social concord and respect for our common home."
“Why, America’s the only free nation on earth. Besides! Country’s too big for a revolution. No, no! Couldn’t happen here!”
"We don't fight with little people on principle. We only fight with big people on principle."
"God doesn't care how well I sing, just that I am singing to him."
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