Two months ago, we decided to cancel our morning weekly newspaper.
Ours was shrinking in size and useful content. I saw Wire stories reprinted and chopped to death. I saw too much advertising and said, hmm, I will try doing without this.
Sure, I get my news every time I log into the net to collect far too many emails, and I can choose to read the entire story of a header, if I like.
Know what I miss?
The feature stories that give me in-depth coverage of topics that really inform me about where I live.
For example, (you see my author mind working here), I have HUGE files on Texas-related topics that I use often to give me perspective on things like:
rodeos
cutting horses
trail rides
drug smugglers
how the Border Patrol works...among other things.
Now? I'm not clipping new feature stories to go in my files and I note how seldom I open my file cabinet to stuff stories inside.
Sad.
But (happy, happy!) I am off to get my Sunday New York Times from my driveway.
Got to get my news fix.
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We used to get a newspaper and many magazines but now we're down to just one mag a week. I do enjoy picking up a Sunday Detroit News and Free Press every now and then to catch up on local stuff.
ReplyDeleteI used to love my newspaper. I did away with it because of the same reasons. I'm finding I don't miss it as much.
ReplyDeleteBut funny I used to cut out stories too.
The New York Times is great but I get frustrated seeing ads for wonderful things that are on the other side of the country!
ReplyDeleteWe have a funky little local paper that I treasure. I swear the editor is a wizard. I can drive past the same abandoned house for years and never question it, but the day I do ask myself "What's the story with that beautiful old house?" the editor of our local paper puts the house on the cover and does a fascinating expose about the history and tragedies surrounding that house...
That's what a local paper is good for. Local merchants, local news. I hope local papers won't completely disappear. I love them.
XXOO Kat
I gave up reading our newspaper years ago when I realized how politically biased they were...pathetic!
ReplyDeleteI'll only read the once a week "local news" section. And, there's another local paper, just for the area.