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Join Lansing Journal Publisher Melanie Jongsma and Managing Editor Josh Bootsma for their weekly video series. Past episodes have included insider information about local stories, on-location coverage of business openings, interviews with local people of interest, and more.
Video: A quick update on the summer print issue
by Josh Bootsma and Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (May 13, 2022) – Josh and Melanie took a break from their computers to provide a quick...
Video: Ready for the Good Neighbor Day Parade
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (May 6, 2022) – Dressed to represent Common Ground, Melanie and Josh discuss the program's involvement in Saturday's Good Neighbor...
Video: Recapping the Editorial Contest
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (April 29, 2022) – Melanie and Josh recap a week of content that was full of Editorial Contest winners. The...
Video: What’s life like for us?
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (April 22, 2022) – This week's video has been a couple weeks in progress, as Melanie and Josh took time...
Video: Good Friday Prayer Walk
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (April 15, 2022) – Melanie and Josh spent Good Friday at the annual prayer walk in Lansing. The video is...
Video: Did you miss anything?
In a busy news week, some important news can get overlooked
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (April 8, 2022) – The Lansing Journal reports all types...
Video: ‘Good is not cheap, and cheap is not good’
Dave Meter of South Suburban Heating & Air Conditioning explains how investing in quality can save people money
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (April 1, 2022)...
Video: Dropping by the TF South Blood Drive
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (March 25, 2022) – Josh and Melanie dropped in on the biannual blood drive at TF South on Friday, and...
Video: Tom Iwema from IKG talks success in painting and business
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (March 18, 2022) – This week, Melanie sits down in The Lansing Journal's newly-painted studio with the man who helped...
Video: Towns without newspapers (with transcript)
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Melanie: Hello everyone, I am Melanie Jongsma of The Lansing Journal, here with Josh Bootsma, our Managing Editor.
Josh: Hello everyone. We come to...
Video: Remembering the women of Lansing’s history
Old news about Lansing women becomes today's news thanks to Marlene Cook
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (March 11, 2022) – March is Women's History Month,...
Video: Towns without newspapers
Could what happened to the original Lansing Journal happen to The Lansing Journal today?
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (March 4, 2022) – A surprise gift...
Video: Is now the right time to be in print again?
Thank you, Stony Tire, for sponsoring this week's video
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (February 25, 2022) – At least twice this past week people have...
Video: A bag of recycling mistakes
by Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (February 18, 2022) – Recycling mistakes are easy to make, and rules vary according to the agency providing the recycling...
Video: Where do story ideas come from?
by Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (February 11, 2022) – Every article in The Lansing Journal started with an idea. In this week's video, Melanie and...