Few blogs publish original material. Most provide links to newspaper articles or comment on stories published in newspapers.
The key is that the information originated from a newspaper.
From an editorial in The Pottstown Mercury:
Last week was Newspaper In Education Week, celebrating the Newspaper Association of America initiative "to reinforce a positive and relevant lifetime reading habit in students by engaging them with an authentic text — the newspaper."Read the full editorial, "Newspapers hold key to unlock ignorance and build community," at the newspaper's Web site.
The theme this year was "Newspapers Now," with a goal of helping students realize that newspapers can have an impact on their lives today.
The emphasis in NIE programs is to demonstrate to students that the newspaper has always been, and remains today, an important resource in people's lives.
Whether reporting on the atmosphere at Owen J. Roberts School Board meetings or the choices a township faces for budget cuts or the warnings from police chiefs that thieves are hitting unlocked cars in your neighborhood, information is power.
Newspapers hold the key to unlock ignorance and inspire change. Read a newspaper and build a community.
See related post, Why Newspapers Matter, Part 1
3 comments:
You are correct about where bloggers get their information, but what of the dieing art of reading a paper?
I drive 2hrs each way on my daily commute; I have done so for 12 years now. I can't recall the last time I opened a daily newspaper. For me, it's talk radio and internet. How many other people who do not drive like I do read dailies any longer?
Will the news organizations behind newspapers cease? I certainly hope not, but the future is not looking bright for print editions.
Charlie on the PA Turnpike raises a valid point about not having enough time in the day to sit down and read the newspaper. But people are spending more time on the Internet and claim to get information from Web sites. I don't think it's easier to read from a computer screen. And I hope Charlie isn't checking Web sites while he's behind the wheel.
Is it easier to read online? Well, I don't have a BlackBerry or other device with wireless broadband, so I am not able (nor inclined if I did) to read in the men's room, for example.
On the other hand, with my RSS feed list, I can scan hundreds of papers in an hour. I can't do that with paper.
As for scannign while driving: well, I do listen to podcasts while driving, but that's the extent of it.
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