After considerable thought, I have decided to archive The Peacock Report by migrating it to the WordPress system. After posting hundreds of original articles -- many of which were investigative pieces that scooped the mainstream media worldwide -- I have decided to move on. There are several reasons. For one, I feel as if I have been slitting my own throat, so to speak, by providing news coverage free of charge; although occasionally I still sell my material, for the most part I have been giving it away. While blogs hardly are the cause of the downfall of the American newspaper, I feel that we bloggers are contributing to the decline of journalism as a paid profession; I'm sure we could debate that topic endlessly, but we won't debate it here. The second -- and main -- reason for the termination of TPR is that I recently have become certified as a high school English teacher and likewise have been delving more and more into creative writing. While I intend to continue to pursue investigative reporting, it almost certainly will be targeted towards long-term reports and book-length projects.
Thanks to the many people who paid over 35,000 visits to The Peacock Report in the past few years.
