I can still remember the day when a paper showed up on my parents door every morning and my mom was eager to see what had happened over night. Now it seems that the news comes at us to fast. It is no surprise that there is little to no papers circulating in my area, especially with the rise of Internet Media. I was walking around at a festival one day and someone was trying to get people to subscribe to the local paper. Normally I would have just walked on without a thought about this sort of thing, but something stuck with me. What will happen to news papers if we stop buying them?
- Will there be no reporters?
- Will the popular news paper companies close?
- Will things cease to be personal?
- Will the news be reliable?
These are the questions I asked myself as I continued to walk around the festival. After that I began to look at the news papers and try and see what i could tell about their futures. All I saw were coupons, ads, and other useless junk at the beginning. The headlines were still there, but man were they trying to sell me some things! I remember when it was strictly news and important sporting info. I would gather that they had to try and change it up to get a new audience, but I am afraid they are fighting a losing battle. Once something even better comes along, I fear the end of news papers as we know it today.
Can you remember what it was like 15 years ago, when a paper boy came barreling down the side walk to throw you a paper for his 15 cents a paper? What are your views of today's "News Paper" issues and how can they be resolved?
Where did it come from?
16 years ago
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