Charles Yoo is our new analytics manager. He comes to us most recently from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he was a web producer managing several sections as well as search-targeted topic pages. Before moving to the Web desk, he was a reporter for AJC and other papers. He's originally from Seoul, but grew up in the Bronx.

Steve and Charles are looking for smart, savvy interns this spring and summer – Steve, ideally, in New York (although Washington D.C. and San Francisco are also possibilities), Charles in San Francisco. We need news interns who are highly motivated, who can play a hands-on role in our national news coverage, with a particular emphasis on politics and this year's midterm election. We rely on our interns to help generate ideas, conduct research, and contribute to our politics blog. There could be opportunities for writing, too. Contact Steve at skornacki at salon dot com.

Charles would like interns with a strong interest in Web analytics, site architecture and search engine optimization. Curiosity and enthusiasm can make up for a lack of experience. Send email to cyoo at salon dot com.

Product manager Karen Templer is always looking for design interns; she's ktempler at salon dot com. And King Kaufman works with editorial interns in San Francisco; he's kaufman at salon.com.

Our intern discussion provoked me to research how many interns have been hired at Salon over the years. It's about 20, but I may have missed a few. The point is, we take our interns seriously, and we always look to them when a position comes open. It's a great opportunity, so aspiring journalists, designers and Web analysts should get in touch with us as soon as possible.

2) Chronological list on the Salon home page. When we launch this, it will represent a significant revamping of the lower half of the home page. Similar to what you currently find on the individual section covers, this module will simply list the most recent Salon stories -- and you'll have the option to sort the list by date or by section, whichever you prefer. Each item in the list will also show associated topics and a comment count for that story, along with quick links for e-mailing or sharing the story on Twitter, Facebook, etc. We are aiming to roll this cover revision out within a week.

A few weeks ago we also launched a revised From the Wires section. It is now immensely easy to scan lists of headlines and quickly access individual stories. And you can sort the stories by category, such as Entertainment, Sports, International and so on. The beefed-up section is accompanied by a beefed-up From the Wires widget on the home page. That widget also appears on All Salon and in various other spots around the site. A direct link to From the Wires will be appearing in the site navigation very soon.

Many more features and enhancements are on the way. You may have noticed we have continued to revise how we present stories on the upper half of the home page, and we've gotten great feedback on the latest changes. The home page will continue to be a work in progress, based on new ideas and feedback, both internal and from you. Thanks again for keeping us on our toes.

The less good news is: Well, as he was told to expect, it's a tough recovery. He still can't sit, so he's lying down and, occasionally, walking around. (He made it to the beach this week.) He also had a less-than-pleasant surprise when he was discharged on Christmas Day, even though he'd been told to expect weeks of rehabilitation at a local hospital. He'll share the details, but it seems that's what happens when you do better than expected in our health system. He and Norma coped, but it was a rough couple of days.

He's thinking about everyone and wanting to start the column up again, but it's tough for a man in his position -- literally. I told him to think less about the column and more about his comfort, and we'll make it possible for him to come back as soon as he can. In the meantime, he's coping. "Every day I'm getting stronger and walking a little farther," he told me. "But I just have to be patient. I realized that's my job right now, being patient." I told him I'd make a donation in his patience bank if such a thing were possible (not that I have much to spare, so I'll work on that, too).

The best thing? "I've really loved hearing from people, cards, letters, e-mail," he said. So keep the good wishes coming, and we'll forward anything you send to Salon. Hoping, for all our sakes, he'll be back writing soon.

But there's more to celebrate. Francis Lam did a great job introducing Salon's new Food section to our readers just before Thanksgiving. The site gets livelier every day, thanks to his smart, funny and participatory approach to food coverage (take the Kitchen Challenge and you might find own culinary talents featured on Salon).

Meanwhile, we've beefed up our culture sections, with a new Books and Movies sections, both of which have rolled out end-of-year and end-of-decade lists that have kept me visiting Amazon and updating my Netflix queue with great new works to read and see. Laura Miller continues to be our Books section anchor, and has unveiled a weekly What to Read column we think you'll learn to rely on as much as we do. And through the hard work of Andrew O'Hehir, we've launched Film Salon, which we think will feature the smartest ideas and analysis of the movies anywhere. We've already had a dazzling number of contributors -- Nicole Holofcener, R.J. Cutler, Mary Harron, Molly Haskell, Joe Swanberg, among them -- and hope you're checking it out.

I'm also excited to announce that starting in early January, Salon's talented Joe Conason will start a daily blog. Salon loyalists will remember the great Joe Conason's Journal, a daily blog Joe ran back before the blogging revolution. Finally, you'll get your Daily Joe again on Salon.

Happy holidays. Let us know what you'd most like to see on Salon in the new year.

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