Jim Nowlan and I go back a long way, and I can’t think of anyone I know I respect more. That being said, I have a much less dystopian view of the future of newspapers, and particularly community journalism, than the one Jim shared in his piece, two weeks ago...
Editor’s note: In recent decades, mass communication, through the advent of technology, has diminished use of newspapers, however, more than 200 years later, newspapers continue to be use useful. This article, and another at thevoice.us/benign-wealthy-owners-promote-quality-city-journalism, bring up to date how newspapers reflect communities, offer sociological relevance, and sustain one method...
Are there alternatives to declining, disappearing newspapers? Two Chicago Tribune reporters recently sounded the alarm on a perceived threat to their paper based on the past actions of a hedge fund that now owns a large share of the Trib’s parent company. It’s part of a larger story of newspaper...
Newspapers started in the late 1690s in Germany and England and a few years later in the American Colonies. The most famous early newspaper person was venerable Benjamin Franklin who grew up in his older brother’s print shop in Boston and learned the printing trade. Franklin and a partner, Hugh...
By Lyle R. Rolfe When I walked down my driveway to get the daily newspaper, Wall Street Journal, I thought back to my grade school days when I delivered newspapers prior to school each morning. At that time, if memory serves me, it was The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun...
