Don't Let Newspapers Die
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When I taught high school in Brooklyn, I found the people who loved/appreciated/wanted to read newspapers most were in fact my students. Get more papers in schools, infuse them into the reading curriculum and everybody wins.
That said, we do need to focus more on making people aware of what is really reported, journalistic news and what is PR. Online or in print, impartial news is NOT produced by the entity making the news, be it a government, a sports team or a major corporation. I fear most that our next generation of "news" consumers are losing that distinction, so information given by p.r. person = the same as a reported news story.
Updated: The cause has reached 96,000 members.
I use here frequently "Der Westen", Handelsblatt, Süd-Kurier, FRundschau, FAZ, Süddeutsche, Berliner Zeitung, Neue Züricher Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Wiener Kurier, Toronto Star, Vancouver Post, Sun-Sentinel, Miami Herald, New York Times, Washington Post, De Telegraaf, Le Monde, Dernèrs Nouvelle d'Alsace DNA, Het Laatste Nieuws, Gazette van Antwerpen, Aftonbladet (Sweden), Aftenpost, Oslo (Norway) The Evening Standard (UK) tageblatt (Luxemburg) ab und an Saarbrücker Zeitung. And thats is more than enough. A day trip for some informations to train my brain sensitively.
I was 32 years old when I became Publisher of America's 3rd Oldest Continuously Published-Black Newspaper & Radio Company(Since 1893)
I was 32 years old(1993) when I became the Publisher of the 3rd Oldest Continuously Published-Black Newspaper & Radio Company in America(Since 1893)
I use here frequently "Der Westen", Handelsblatt, Süd-Kurier, FRundschau, FAZ, Süddeutsche, Berliner Zeitung, Neue Züricher Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Wiener Kurier, Toronto Star, Vancouver Post, Sun-Sentinel, Miami Herald, New York Times, Washington Post, De Telegraaf, Le Monde, Dernèrs Nouvelle d'Alsace DNA, Het Laatste Nieuws, Gazette van Antwerpen, Aftonbladet (Sweden), Aftenpost, Oslo (Norway) The Evening Standard (UK) tageblatt (Luxemburg) ab und an Saarbrücker Zeitung. And thats is more than enough. A day trip for some informations to train my brain sensitively.
Hello. My newspaper , Skånska Dagbladet, have just fired a lot of people. Three newspapers have been part of the same concern and at the same time the leaders kicked out 26 procent av the staff. And we have a lot to do... / Catharina
Just returned from World Series. Murray Chass.com reported that 29 of 60 newspapers that cover MLB teams at home and on the road did not cover Series. How sad.
I got this (unverified) email today from a person at the Toronto Star:
"The Toronto Star marked its 117th birthday Tuesday by informing staff that all copy editing positions and some pagination positions will be contracted out.
"Star managers celebrated the paper's birthday by taking in the Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game from the company's box at the Air Canada Centre."
I fear it may be true.
I am SO sad to see the paper where my husband I used to work close it's doors: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com...
You Can Lead a Kid To The Newspaper, But...
In France, in order to reverse the trend that, from one generation to the next, young people are less likely to read newspapers, free subscriptions (with strings) are being tried successfully.
According to the World Association of Newspapers' recent report on the French government's decision to give free, one-day-a-week newspaper subscriptions to every 18- to 24-year old in the country as a way to encourage newspaper reading and civic participation, the publishers say it works, though the free giveaway is not the only factor.
Jeanne-Emmanuelle Hutin, a member of the Directors Committee at Ouest France, speaking at the World Young Reader Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, said "Ouest France, the nation's largest general interest newspaper, increased the number of regular readers among 18- to 24-year olds by 22,000 in 3 years, with 12% re-subscribing after their free subscriptions ended. And 65% of the young subscribers continue to read Ouest France at least once a week after their free subscriptions end."
However, the study concedes that the newspapers must succeed in interesting the young in the news, with relevant content and approaches, by investing in other platforms and by strengthening links with them.
A marketing campaign using new media had to be created, and special content added for young people -- traditional marketing didn't really work, says the report. And a strategy to move the free subscribers to paid subscriptions had to be planned. In Ouest France's case, a two-day-a-week paid subscription was offered after the one-day-a-week free subscription expired.
Government subsidies are part of a package of measures recommended after a three-month government study of the French press last year. Other measures include:
• Tax breaks to investors in online journalism
• Doubling of government advertising in print and online news media
• An increase in the number of distribution points
• Government support in negotiations with printing unions
"Free subscriptions are not a cure-all remedy, especially if there is nothing of interest to young readers in the newspaper. But it is the backbone of several initiatives to meet the needs of the youth," concludes Ms Hutin.
For more information about this study, please go to the summaries of the conference presentations here.
Is partisan news hurting journalism? Solid piece by AP's David Bauder in today's local paper: http://www2.journalnow.com/conte...
Should we have legislation to save newspapers? Jack Shafer doesn't think so:
http://www.slate.com/id/2229092/...
Why do I have to leave the cause just because I want to unsubscribe from the newsletter?
3 days ago
Verba volant, scripta manent (words fly, print remains): that's what the Latins said and it's absolutely true! Even virtual posts do not last and the ancient books, the late publications and the unpublished papers are a tresure for mankind. Don't let papers die