Some years ago, shortly after Gutenberg invented movable type or thereabouts, I worked for seven years as a newspaper copyeditor. (Those seven years were the best 10 years of my working career — if you get what I mean.) At that time, my colleagues and I, rushing to put out two issues daily at a mid-sized metropolitan paper, could not have imagined the current, sorry state of the newspaper industry. Which brings me to my question for you: Do you still read newspapers? If so, how do you read them, and how often?
Daily newspapers delivered to your home are becoming as old-fashioned quaint as town square parks with shinny gazebos are in most areas. (Yes, I actually grew up in a small town with a central courthouse square that actually had a gazebo. See how quaint I am??) In our city, we still have that newspaper where I worked (sort of), but its major presence is becoming more and more online.
Personally, I sit down to breakfast most mornings with my lovely wife and we chat, read through that local paper in actual hand-held, page-flipping format. I also go to the paper’s website during the day and check out stuff. I go to the New York Times, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Denver Post, and several other newspaper websites on most days. Hey, I’m a news junkie, what can I say?
What’s your news habit like? Do you mostly check Yahoo and/or various newspaper sites and get most of your news online? Or are you a cable TV news junkie? Post a comment and let us know.