Column inches have been written about the death of newspapers. There is an audience for BOTH new media and the ol’ fashioned kind. Don’t know about you all, but I for one do my own version of a triathalon every day: sitting, reading and drinking coffee. There’s nothing better for waking up. I did notice today though that my soon-to-be-senior in high school daughter, checks facebook before she reads the morning paper. But notice that small detail: she does both!
I do know that when I was traveling, I couldn’t really feel like I knew which town I was in until I grabbed the local newspaper. Never was really fond of USA TODAY, though it did wonders for the readability of the printed word on newsprint. My husband loved it because he could catch up with what was going on, no matter where he was. For me, though, it flew in the face of what a newspaper is by definition: a collection of local news and news events and how they impact us in the community in which we live.
Of course, I am biased…but then isn’t everyone? I do write for a newspaper on a monthly basis. I’m still amazed when strangers who I am meeting for the first time (volleyball or schools or other activities) say, oh yeah…I love reading that column in the Post. Gosh, I didn’t know any one was really reading it. Clearly, they are.
So, I hate to sound like a politician, with each of my two feet squarely planted in separate boats, there’s room for both!
