Last night in my News Reporting class we were discussing how budget cuts have forced the Grand Rapids Press (the biggest newspaper in Western Michigan) to size down certain areas of their paper. According to my professor, who works at the Press on a part time basis, the sports section is expected to be sized down by an average of two pages.
That, my friends, is a travesty.
Yes, I’m a sports fanatic so the loss of two pages of sports angers me. The bigger issue, however, is that downsizing like this will eventually reach the rest of the paper. Traditional print news just doesn’t sell like it used to, and that’s too bad.
I personally do not like reading my news online. Blogs are okay, but I cannot bring myself to read The Holland Sentinel (my hometown paper) online. It’s just has no character. As a journalism major I’ve come to respect well put together papers. Though a web presence is undeniably important, I personally believe that tradition should be respected as well.
So I urge you guys to not give up on tradition. Continue reading all the real newspapers you can get your hands on and help pull the struggling newspaper business out of the hole.
2 comments:
It’s just has no character.
You really need to have me edit these BEFORE you post lol.
But anyhow, you're right Cody.
Maybe it's because we're journalism people, but layout beats the hell out of internet.
Mkay, that's all. See ya Tuesday.
Perhaps the post does lack character. Maybe I'm creating an example of bad blogging to force people to read actual newspapers... haha
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