by Francis Jock
Every weekend, for the past year or so, my wife takes a small vacation by going to visit her elderly cousins that live in a nearby city. I opt to stay at home, being a country bumpkin and no interest in attending late night
by Colin Dennis
"People don't actually read newspapers," Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian philosopher, said. "They get into them every morning like a hot bath." For as long as I can remember I have been a huge fan of newspapers and the ones that
"There will be blood on the streets and it will be over for some newspapers." This was the view of Cameron Yuill, CEO of Adgent 007, talking about the current turmoil in the newspaper industry on the BBC Money Programme recently.
by Ryan Gray
Although it may be impossible to believe for most people, there are members of our society who either don't have access to the Internet, don't know how to use it or are not comfortable working with computers. That's why the Internet's
by Paul Lines
Is the Internet a threat to printed newspapers? Despite popular opinion, I do not think so. The reasons for this opinion are based upon the fact that they serve different purposes.
With the Internet there is a need to be connected
by David Brown
It is interesting that many believe that our present financial crisis is causing the threat to the newspaper/print media to take a nose dive. Well, in this writer's opinion, and he certainly does not have all of the answers,
The Internet is not a threat to newspapers. There is a lot of information on the Internet, but it is used more as an encyclopedia than a newspaper. You turn on the computer to find particular facts, possibly even to get the day's
The ironic headline just the other day in the Chicago Tribune read, "Tribune Corp. files for bankruptcy." The article went on to say that the Chicago Tribune and its smaller papers including "Hoy" (The Spanish language paper,
2009 promises to be another tough year for the journalism industry, and it looks like it's our turn to take a beating here in Seattle. The imminent closure of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, the city's oldest and second largest
For the past three years, I've been employed as a driver for my city's newspaper. Once the papers are produced, my job is to get them to the foot carriers, stores, and vending machines situated along my route. In addition, many
by Art Young
One would have to be professionally medicated to ignore all of the bad news concerning the newspaper business. There have been well-chronicled declines in subscriptions, circulation, display ad revenues and classified ad revenues.
I think newspapers are fast becoming an endangered species.
It's a sad fact, and one I really don't want to accept, being a reporter at a local newspaper company.
Newspapers have a long history and can be traced back some
In the first years of Internet, I also was among those who thought or feared that the traditional journals could disappear soon, replaced by the more comfortable and richer offer of a newspaper on-line with their coloured pictures,
I am going to suggest something scary. Not only is the internet not a threat to newspapers I would even say it will actually help improve both the newspaper and print industry as a whole. While some of the smaller community newspapers
by Steve Tarter
I didn't expect to get whirled into the vortex of journalistic change when I joined the Peoria Journal Star 10 years ago. Newspapers have always been there. They've been been part of our culture: "Extra, extra, read all about
by T.Dall
I believe that journalists are the eyes and the cognitive brain of society. The demand for the 'conventional journalist' has been steadily decreasing through the recent years, largely owing to the outbreak of a phenomenon known
by Joe Owens
At one time in our world the only way to collect news was to listen to what your neighbors had to say, especially in regard to which other members of your tribe would up being dinosaur food. Knowing what the weather might be
The Internet can be an opportunity to newspapers, but too many value control over successful journalism: The San Jose Mercury News and Gary Webb
The San Jose Mercury News' location in Silicon Valley is not the first reason it
by Tina Clancy
Newspapers were the first source of information and have lasted through the inventions of radio and television; can they last through the invention of the Internet? The internet has become the fastest way for people to stay informed
by Celia Craske
The internet is definately a threat to newspapers but not perhaps in the way that many imagine. The internet's threat to newspapers as a source of information is only part of an ongoing attack by the media.
In spite of this, I
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