{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2024-12-24-pt1-PgE1329-2", "2024-12-24", 118, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO THE SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E1329", "E1329", "[{\"name\": \"Anna G. Eshoo\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "170 Cong. Rec. E1329", "Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 192 (Tuesday, December 24, 2024)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 24, 2024)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E1329]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n     TRIBUTE TO THE SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Tuesday, December 24, 2024\n\n  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, the San Mateo Daily Journal, an independent\ndaily newspaper that covers San Mateo County, California, is in its\n25th year of publication, covering local news, community events and\nyouth sports. It has become an essential part of the daily life of San\nMateo County, and its residents look to it for accurate, fair, relevant\nand impartial local news. The paper features extensive coverage of high\nschool sports, and offers a variety of opinions from local columnists,\nsuch as my long-time friend Mark Simon, as well as a forum for Letters\nto the Editor and longer perspective pieces. It is an essential source\nof information for local government, and steadily and responsibly\nfulfills the watchdog role inherent in a good local newspaper. It is\nthe only local newspaper published in San Mateo County that publishes a\ndaily edition Monday through Friday, and a combined weekend edition\nthat appears Saturdays and Sundays.\n  The Daily Journal was launched on August 18, 2000, with a news staff\nof two, plus advertising, production, and circulation staff. Its first\nedition contained 8 pages and its initial circulation was 5,000. Today,\nthe staff includes up to 20 full-time and part-time employees and\ncontract workers. The Daily Journal averages 28 pages and the\ncirculation ranges from 21,000 to 30,000 daily editions. It is\navailable in local cafes, stores, businesses and public and community\ngathering places and its digital edition, smdailyjournal.com, averages\n750,000 views a month.\n  Co-Founder Jerry Lee has been the publisher since day one as part of\na Berkeley-based organization that expanded its local news model to San\nMateo County. In 2006, Lee bought the paper from the founding\norganization which went out of business, and has been the owner since.\n  In an era when local newspapers are rapidly disappearing, Lee said,\n``We were able to jump out of the gate and be profitable from the\nbeginning,'' a trend that has continued throughout the paper's 25\nyears.\n  Editor Jon Mays came to the Daily Journal as Managing Editor in\nOctober of 2000 and has served as Editor in Chief since December 2001.\nSports Editor Nathan Mollat has been with the newspaper since its\nfounding. His sports pages and the special recognition given to\nindividual athletes weekly, every sports season and annually creates\nlifetime memories and keepsakes for high school students and their\nfamilies.\n  The success of the paper is ``a testament to the people we have here,\nand the paper owes its success to the unique nature of San Mateo\nCounty. The market is more conducive to what we do, and it is one of\nthe most advanced educational areas of the world, but it is still very\nmuch a small town--a big city in small-town clothing. The mom-and-pop\nnature of the paper fits the mom-and-pop nature of the community,'' Lee\nsaid.\n  The Daily Journal contributes to ``the creation of community,\nbringing people together in an age where there are not enough\ninstitutions working to do that. A good local paper is important to\nhave a thriving democracy,'' Lee said.\n  The paper provides a forum for small to medium-sized advertisers who\ndon't find a place for themselves in larger daily newspapers or see\nonline advertising as too scattered. And the advertising is very much\nin keeping with the paper's mission as a local resource that promotes a\nsense of community.\n  ``Local people want to know about services. Advertising is another\nform of information. A quarter of our advertisers don't need\nadvertising, they just want to support us,'' Lee said.\n  Here is the stated mission of the Daily Journal:\n  It is the mission of the Daily Journal to be the most accurate, fair\nand relevant local news source for those who live, work or play on the\nSan Francisco Peninsula. By combining local news coverage, analysis and\ninsight with the latest business, lifestyle, state, national and world\nnews, we seek to provide our readers with the highest quality\ninformation resource in the local area.\n  Our pages belong to our readers, and we choose to reflect the diverse\ncharacter of this dynamic and ever-changing community.\n  The Daily Journal's slogan is: We report to you.\n  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring a jewel in\nthe crown of my Congressional District. The San Mateo Daily Journal is\na cherished community asset and I am exceedingly proud of all they've\naccomplished and continue to do as they serve the people of San Mateo\nCounty.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2024-12-24-pt1-PgE1329-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 10.985737899318337, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}