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Marshall Jones

Marshall Jones hand-picked the best and brightest journalists and writers to reflect this city. The new Kelowna.com is his vision of how the time-tested fundamentals of community journalism evolve to use the immediacy and rich content the web affords, backed by the advantage of having the best domain possible: Kelowna.com

With almost 15 years of news experience and 10 years in the city, Marshall has covered everything from the rise of the Kelowna Rockets to the loss of Western Star Trucks and the tragedies and victories of the Okanagan Mountain Park fire. He has earned multiple awards for writing about business, arts, crime and features, showing the range of his interests and abilities. This is his first assignment as editor, which he considers an advantage in redefining the culture of news in a new medium.

“Kelowna has enjoyed one of the most competitive media markets in Canada per capita for many years,” he says. “I hope our great city will find the best elements of radio, television and print in one new home at Kelowna.com.”

We are open for business. Send your information to news@kelowna.com or reach Marshall directly at 250-575-0831.

“If anyone had more fun than I had over the past 10 months at Kelowna.com, it was John McDonald…. We were like puppies who finally snuck through the fence of the yard.”

“After all, week after week, I exposed them to the equivalent of a bare naked baby picture. I told strangers our most intimate stories. About how they insisted on peeing outdoors. About the Diaper Explosion Incident of 2001.”

“I suppose that’s why we never went out to dinner and why bread was occasionally a meal. Turns out they weren’t just complaining for no good reason. Huh.”

“Maintenance and regular attention is like earning compound interest on your bank account. Saving sanity instead of saving money.”