Comments on: The demise of the print newspaper and local coverage http://povertyblog.net/2009/02/03/the-demise-of-the-print-newspaper-and-local-coverage/ understanding trends and what to do about them Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Big Brother http://povertyblog.net/2009/02/03/the-demise-of-the-print-newspaper-and-local-coverage/#comment-102 Big Brother Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:01:18 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=115#comment-102 This has also hit the Kansas City Star, which is combining its front page, Local/Opinion and Business sections starting today. I don't know how I'll cope. My dad always read the newspaper from front to back. So, in order to make sure I didn't have to fight him for a section, I got in the habit of reading it back to front. I started with the Sports section, followed by the Business section, Local/Opinion section and finally the front page. Or perhaps I just enjoyed reading about sports first thing in the morning, before having to encounter the "real world." This has also hit the Kansas City Star, which is combining its front page, Local/Opinion and Business sections starting today. I don’t know how I’ll cope. My dad always read the newspaper from front to back. So, in order to make sure I didn’t have to fight him for a section, I got in the habit of reading it back to front. I started with the Sports section, followed by the Business section, Local/Opinion section and finally the front page. Or perhaps I just enjoyed reading about sports first thing in the morning, before having to encounter the “real world.”

]]> By: Review of “The Soloist” by Steve Lopez « Poverty and Inequality http://povertyblog.net/2009/02/03/the-demise-of-the-print-newspaper-and-local-coverage/#comment-78 Review of “The Soloist” by Steve Lopez « Poverty and Inequality Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:29 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=115#comment-78 [...] friendship he developed with Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill homeless man in Los Angeles.  As a loyal subscriber to the Times, and in particular a regular reader of Lopez’s column, I probably felt the book [...] [...] friendship he developed with Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill homeless man in Los Angeles.  As a loyal subscriber to the Times, and in particular a regular reader of Lopez’s column, I probably felt the book [...]

]]> By: Creative Greenius http://povertyblog.net/2009/02/03/the-demise-of-the-print-newspaper-and-local-coverage/#comment-8 Creative Greenius Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:52:50 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=115#comment-8 Great post, Bill and terrific blog. As a 30 year subscriber to the LA Times I feel your pain and I've been blogging about this same subject although more from an environmental perspective. http://creativegreenius.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/headless-body-in-topless-bar/ I also share your morning habit of starting my day with the paper - in my case three papers, the LAT, the local Daily Breeze and the voice of the evil empire, the WSJ. They are all a lesser version of what they once were and they are all failing the public. I strongly agree with Eric Pooley who recently wrote a brilliant analysis of this for Harvard in which he said, “The media’s decision to play the stenographer role helped opponents of climate action stifle progress.” You can download his paper here: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d49_pooley.pdf I'm afraid the papers we've loved and read for all these years at the kitchen table are gone and what we're left with is a sad, small imitation of a once great resource. It may be time for us both to get a Kindle... Great post, Bill and terrific blog.

As a 30 year subscriber to the LA Times I feel your pain and I’ve been blogging about this same subject although more from an environmental perspective.
http://creativegreenius.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/headless-body-in-topless-bar/

I also share your morning habit of starting my day with the paper – in my case three papers, the LAT, the local Daily Breeze and the voice of the evil empire, the WSJ.

They are all a lesser version of what they once were and they are all failing the public.

I strongly agree with Eric Pooley who recently wrote a brilliant analysis of this for Harvard in which he said, “The media’s decision to play the stenographer role helped opponents of climate action stifle progress.”
You can download his paper here:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d49_pooley.pdf

I’m afraid the papers we’ve loved and read for all these years at the kitchen table are gone and what we’re left with is a sad, small imitation of a once great resource.

It may be time for us both to get a Kindle…

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