MAZ WEEKLY ON-LINE NEWS SITE CELEBRATES ONE YEAR

By Maureen Dietrich

The Pacific Wave Weekly, Mazatlán´s only weekly news site in English, celebrates its first anniversary on March 11th. During the past year, the site has generated an average of 18,000 hits a week by visitors and local residents keen to read current news of Mazatlán. The site began as a virtual newsroom which invited writers to send in their articles, but soon evolved into a structured newspaper covering hard news, sports, entertainment and business happenings in Mazatlán. “It had been an idea for a long time,” commented Mike Veselik, owner and publisher of both the Pacific Wave and Pacific Pearl Magazine, “but I wasn´t sure how to go about it. Most of our readers don’t speak Spanish well enough to read the local papers and I wanted to provide an alternative in English. Fortunately, our designer and Pacific Wave co-owner, Omar Pasqualato, knew exactly how to set it up and worked many hours perfecting it. We enlisted Pacific Pearl writer EG Brady to search local Spanish language newspapers for the most

importantevents of the week in Mazatlán, which he translates into English in his own inimitable style.” The combined efforts of Omar and EG have resulted in a popular news site which publishes online every Friday year round. New and old subscribers can check the Archives of all the back issues, and submit their own articles by simply clicking on the “submit article” icon on either the Pacific Pearl or the Pacific Wave Weekly home page. “We have purposely set the subscription rate to the Pacific Wave Weekly at a reasonable price in order for most people to be able to afford it. At 26 cents a week, it is very economical. You can´t buy much else these days for that amount,” Mike commented. Congratulations to the hardworking guys, Mike, Omar and EG, who keep the Pacific Wave Weekly fresh and informative every week. (As an anniversary special, you can subscribe for one year to the Pacific Pearl Magazine AND the Pacific Wave Weekly online for the low price of $20US. Go to either site for details.

 

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