Greetings, Journal readers in Ireland and Sweden.  And to you in 32 other countries international.  (That’s just the tally over the past two months).

Technology today is amazing.  Back in my years of print journalism at the Enterprise, overseas subscriptions were rare.  A hometown boy serving in the military who wanted an occasional touch of familiarity.  

A publisher could track the out-of-town and out-of-state readers by way of the paid subscription list.  Word-of-mouth was the only way he could track what folks liked to read.  “Hey Bob,” a passerby might say.  “I liked your story on veteran Jack Jones.”  Otherwise, you just had a gut feeling.

But that’s changed with this online Journal and the technology that comes with it.  I can see daily, weekly, monthly the number of folks who read the Winn Parish Journal and, for that matter, how many stories they read.

One fun statistic that’s available is a numbers breakdown by country.  No surprise that USA takes the lion’s share.  Then readers in 34 other countries have logged in over the past two months alone.  They’re from A to U, Algeria to United Kingdom (we’re still waiting on Zimbabwe).  They’re from all continents except Antarctica.  

Any given week, our international readers will number just a few from various countries.  But Ireland and Sweden are of special interest because Journal readers in each range from 25 to 50 weekly.  We appreciate you.  It would be fun to learn what caught their interest so far from Winn.  (See below).

We appreciate our entire readership.  If you’re reading but not subscribing, we would appreciate you becoming part of the Journal family.  Just click the “Join” button at the top of the page.  You’ll be asked your name and email address to automatically receive the Journal in your email early every Wednesday morning.

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