About

Roselle Park News is a free online newspaper established to inform Roselle Park residents so they can cultivate an active interest in their community. It is written by the staff of contributors and edited by myself, Saul Qersdyn, and we are solely responsible for its content.

The duty of Roselle Park News is to further public enlightenment by providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. We strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty while understanding that professional integrity is the cornerstone of a newspaper’s credibility. To that end, Roselle Park News holds to the code of ethics adopted by the Society of Professional Journalists, which include:

  • Roselle Park News will seek truth in order to report it and will be honest and fair in gathering, reporting, and interpreting information. We support the open exchange of views, even views we might find repugnant.
  • Roselle Park News will minimize harm by treating sources, subjects, and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect. We recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort and understand that the pursuit of news is not a license for arrogance.
  • Roselle Park News will act independently and be free of obligation to any interest other than the public’s right to know. We will be vigilant about holding those with power accountable and will disclose unavoidable conflicts if they should arise.
  • Roselle Park News will be accountable our readers, listeners, viewers, and the community. We will clarify and explain news coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct. Any mistakes or errors will be admitted and corrected promptly.

 

DISCLOSURE

By way of disclosure, I moved into town on March 22, 2006. In addition to Roselle Park News, I am the editor of 07204 Magazine, a quarterly online publication, and I am also a founding member of The Concerned Citizens Of Roselle Park (CCRP). I currently serve on the CATV/Technology Committee and hold no other elected or appointed position with the municipality.

 

POLICE BLOTTER POLICY

Roselle Park News routinely publishes reports provided directly by municipal police and fire agencies under its Police-Fire category. Nothing in those reports should be construed to be a finding of guilt as they are a record of the actions taken on a given day by these agencies. Roselle Park News‘ policies regarding the use of these items is as follows:

  1. We do not generally publish the names of juveniles involved in incidents. If a juvenile suspect is tried in an adult court, rather than in Family Court, we may name the suspect.
  2. We will amend a police blotter item only if the person involved has had all charges related to the incident in question dropped, or if the person is found not guilty after a trial. This will be done if the matter is brought to the attention of the newspaper or if the named party notifies us with such a request.
  3. Any posted content that is accurate will not be removed. We do not remove items if the person is granted an Pre-Trial Intervention, commonly called an PTI, since that is not a finding of “not guilty”. The incident occurred and it would be wrong to alter the record of an incident in the community if there is no finding that the incident did not occur.
  4. We will be willing to amend the record of an event if the information provided to us is deficient or wrong.

 

AFFILIATIONS & LICENSING

Roselle Park News is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Wired Journalists, and Reuters News Service.  Music used as background accompaniment throughout this web site is covered under separate license agreements with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music International (BMI). All license agreements are on file and available upon request. Our information is listed below but you may also contact us via our Contact Form.

 

CONTACT

Saul Qersdyn, Editor/Publisher
Roselle Park News
Post Office Box 154
Roselle Park, NJ 07204
www.roselleparknews.org
Office: (908) 998-4500
Cell: (908) 292-7313
Fax: (908) 967-5950

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