I meant to post this morning, but better late...
Today's Daily News was a hell of a good paper. Victor Tine's report on the disappearance of the Great Salt Marsh was chilling and disappointing, and the snow shoveling piece was timely and interesting.
And the article on the diggings at the waste water treatment plant have been fascinating (as ridiculous as that sentence just sounded in my head.)
Anyway, this post is as lame as the paper was good. But I just wanted to give a little love.
5 comments:
Hi,
Nice post. The Snooze is a lame paper, but we are so lucky to have it.
Where else is their still a local newspaper?
Where else can you see the best photography?
As always, we all complain. But really. We are so very lucky that we live here.
thanks,
sds
The most chilling part of the Great Marsh story was that scientists are starting to predict a six foot rise in the sea level. What's that going to do to the area in general, never mind the Great Marsh?
- The Carrot
Agreed Carrot. I suspect Merrimack Street and Water Street may be more than just names.
SDS, you're right in that we're lucky to have it. Very few communities our size can boast a daily paper, and I genuinely look forward to picking it up off the door step each morning.
I can't agree with lame but I'm biased.
I'll admit our coverage was more comprehensive back in The Day, but we had so more resources and fewer responsibilities. We didn't have to put out a magazine every quarter.
Bottomline, I still enjoy reading the News every morning so they're doing something right.
I also feel that we are lucky to have a daily paper, given the economic realities that the newspaper industry faces.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but the amount of news coverage is dependent upon what is called the "news hole", which is the space that is available once all the display ads, etc., have been laid out. More ads equals more pages, equals more potential space for news. The reverse would also hold true.
Yes, that's absolutely true. And fewer ads mean fewer dollars and, ultimately, fewer reporters.
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