Category Archives: newspaper

Aug5

rainbow cat.

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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

Oct8

all the news that’s fit to print.

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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