Welcome to Noozhawk Asks, a new feature in which you ask the questions, you help decide what Noozhawk investigates, and you work with us to find the answers.
This week’s question: How did Noozhawk get its name?
— Bree Morris, Santa Barbara
A “newshawk” is slang for a newspaper reporter, although it likely was more common a term in the early 1900s — you know, back when there were newspapers.
When the idea for Noozhawk was hatched in late 2006, the newshawk.com domain name was owned by an Ohio company, as I recall.
Since the url was unavailable, we changed “news” to what we thought would be the more memorable “nooz,” and Noozhawk launched on Oct. 16, 2007.
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