Category Archives: news

Aug5

rainbow cat.

Posted on August 5, 2025 by beth

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1941 newspaper rainbow cat breaking news

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oh, how I would love to write little articles like this in a community newspaper.

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when I first moved to Ann Arbor, we had a person who wrote a ‘local crime’ column

where they listed the week’s ‘crimes,’ such as:

– a robbery of a university student on the street of 2 pencils and $2.41

-a police call of someone possibly being attacked, but what turned out to be the screams of two people watching a horror film

the crime reporter would read the police blotter each week and report out, excellent work.

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in another community paper

in a tiny local town

I read ‘sandy’s corner’

where sandy would share her personal recipes

the one I happened to read was for a

‘baked potato’

does not get any better than that.

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if I had to report on unusual pets such as the rainbow cat above, well…

the sky’s the limit!

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At the “Emerging Mind of Community Journalism” conference in Anniston, Ala., in 2006, participants created a list characterizing community journalism: community journalism is intimate, caring, and personal; it reflects the community and tells its stories; and it embraces a leadership role.

If you want more of a definition, I’m afraid it’s like when someone asked Louie Armstrong for a definition of jazz. The great Satchmo is reputed to have replied something like this: ‘Man, if you have to ask, it won’t do me any good to try to explain.’ You know community journalism when you see it; it is the heartbeat of American journalism, journalism in its natural state.” — Jock Lauterer

Jul20

getting puffy with it.

Posted on July 20, 2024 by beth

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i think we all get news overload now and then

getting puffy is not good for anyone

good to step away as needed.

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‘winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing.

okay, now you’re the mayor.

the bad news is, now you’re the mayor.’

*clint eastwood, american actor, director, mayor

*Clint Eastwood made a successful foray into elected politics. He won election as mayor in April 1986 (until 1988), of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (population 4,000), small town and artists’ community on the Monterey Peninsula.

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image credit: scott metzger

Oct8

all the news that’s fit to print.

Posted on October 8, 2023 by beth

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as a huge fan of reading newspapers in print, i loved reading this news in print:

There’s currently a French castle that’s channeling the past and being built using only medieval construction methods. County Highway has a similar premise, but for the publishing industry.

The U.S.-based newspaper, which launched its first edition over the summer, costs $8.50 and will distribute six issues per year. Most notably, it’s print-only, meaning you won’t find any of its stories online.

“People read differently on the printed page than they do on a screen,” editor David Samuels told The Observer. “The printed page is an immersive experience without constant distractions or the specter of other people’s responses on social media. It’s a much more enriching and human experience.”

Styled after 19th century broadsheets, County Highway cites Charles Dickens, Bob Dylan, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, and Tom Wolfe as inspirations. And there’s clearly an appetite for it: Samuels said the team hit their year-three subscription and sales targets within three weeks of putting out the first issue. “The response has been tremendous,” he added.

check it out below:

https://www.countyhighway.com

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“i read about eight newspapers in a day. when i’m in a town with only one newspaper, i read it eight times.”

-will rogers

Jun5

old news.

Posted on June 5, 2022 by beth

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as a lover of the printed page

i still happily await the arrival

of each sunday’s newspaper

on my doorstep

in spite of

sadly seeing this

far too often.

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“every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there,

circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper,

and which, taken in homeopathic doses,

was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs.”

-henry david thoreau

May3

world press freedom day.

Posted on May 3, 2022 by beth

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World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. Since then, May 3rd is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.

After almost 30 years, the historic connection made between the freedom to seek, impart and receive information and the public good remains as relevant as it was at the time of its signing. May 3rd acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom. It is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. It is an opportunity to: