聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Recently there have been a number of newspaper closures; it both surprises me and makes me a little sad. I might just be a Millennial, so I鈥檓 supposed to enjoy my technology, but there鈥檚 something wonderful about grabbing a newspaper to read: the newsprint dying your fingers slightly and being able to physically turn the page.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 News these days has become focused on either National or Provincial stories, which is great, but you can get that news almost anywhere鈥� the pleasure of reading a local newspaper is in just that, reading local news. Here at The Observer, I know we don鈥檛 get to absolutely everything out there, but if someone has called us about an event or about submitting photos and stories we do our best to have a reporter make it out and run the submitted articles.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 the fun part of a local newspaper, seeing the local accomplishments of people we know, 鈥淥h, that鈥檚 so and so鈥檚 granddaughter who won that!鈥� It鈥檚 something that communities can be proud of and it acts as an archive for future generations.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In the nearly six years that I鈥檝e been here we鈥檝e had requests for old papers, people looking for obituaries or a story from years ago that they remember.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One of the most unique requests, which I absolutely loved, was someone asking for a copy of the front page from the day her husband was born. He was celebrating his 50th birthday I believe and it was a small keepsake from his hometown as they no longer live here 鈥� the big local news stories from the day he was born.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 My affinity for newspapers likely lives in my love of history 鈥� I literally get to write Primary Sources of events for future people to look back on. If they want to know how people lived, what they did, how they celebrated, and life in general in 麻豆视频east Saskatchewan 鈥� you鈥檇 look to a local newspaper.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sure, things might make the nightly news somewhere or end up online with a larger media outlet; but, local newspapers run local stories all of the time. You think of the kind of stories the larger outlets run as well and they鈥檙e few and far between of specifically local news or events, unless they鈥檙e particularly hard hitting. You won鈥檛 find the photos of your kid鈥檚 Christmas concert there, but if you see a local reporter around there鈥檚 a chance you鈥檒l be cutting out a photo or article to put up on the fridge or into a keepsake book. (I have a bunch of articles that my parents saved of my accomplishments: volleyball tournament wins, my valedictorian speech, athlete of the month, 4-H achievements, etc鈥�)
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Local news is meaningful to local people, so when I鈥檓 asked if the newspaper is a dying industry I tell them it鈥檚 not 鈥� and no it鈥檚 not because I work in the industry 鈥� it鈥檚 because I see the need for local newspapers and the importance of them.聽
