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iris lilies

1-13-21, 10:05am

DH gets the newspaper each morning and an online subscription comes with that. The city newspaper is useful for local events. I don’t read it though. DH will point out things that directly affect our neighborhood or people we know.

The Hermann newspaper comes out weekly and I read it from cover to cover. It does not attempt political news.

razz

1-13-21, 10:18am

I changed to an online local paper subscription after the paper was tossed onto my driveway and got wet too many times despite the plastic wrap. Also get the online edition of the CS Monitor for a world perspective that is not melodramatic. The rest of the info comes from online news like CBC and BBC.

I have not read a hand-held paper edition for a number of years if that was what you meant.

Tradd

1-13-21, 10:29am

iris lilies

1-13-21, 10:34am

I have a journalism degree and was a reporter for 18 months in the early 90s.

I used to love the Chicago Tribune. They’ve gone through a number of owners and staff just keeps getting cut. They’re moving from downtown offices to the Trib printing plant in an industrial complex not far outside downtown. That is quite the change. They left the Trib Tower in 2018. A bunch of buyouts just happened and long term staffers are leaving.

Makes me very sad.

The demise of big city newspapers is one of the astonishing things of the past 20 years. Two of my relatives were trained in journalism and worked on big city paper staffs for a while.

What astonishes me though, is the amount of writing that goes into the HERMANN newspaper. Recently their staff writer retired. I can’t even describe the number of column inches that guy produced weekly, I mean pages and pages of it. I wonder who got that job and how much he is being paid, but for young journalist who want an opportunity to write —this was it.

pinkytoe

1-13-21, 10:53am

As a matter of fact, I just canceled our local paper. We only got the Wed and Sun editions. I wanted to keep the online but they didn't give me any price break for doing so. Plus I had grown tired of the very conservative slant of the editors.

catherine

1-13-21, 10:56am

I don't read print newspapers anymore. I get an urge for the New York Times Sunday paper at times but I rarely give in. I do have online subscriptions to NYT, WSJ and WaPo, but there is something missing for sure from not flipping through and scanning the pages front to back.

IL, like you, I have an appreciation for our local papers. I'll pick up the free papers when I'm out, and I love the local angle. We have a photographer in the islands who really should be on the staff of National Geographic. His work is astounding. The content is what you would expect from a small-town paper--human interest stuff and coverage of local meetings. But it's all fun to read.

herbgeek

1-13-21, 11:08am

I pay for WaPo on line. Our local "newspaper" is just PR releases for local businesses with a smattering of high school sports.

iris lilies

1-13-21, 11:11am

I pay for WaPo on line. Our local "newspaper" is just PR releases for local businesses with a smattering of high school sports.
oh the high school sports news is BIG in Hermann! The girl’s volleyball team is always tops in the state, and my across-the-street neighbor kids play on the team, as did their mom. That tradition is adorable.

Teacher Terry

1-13-21, 11:24am

Our online paper is 49 for the year so I subscribed.

Rogar

1-13-21, 11:29am

I subscribe to the Washington Post online version and enjoy it. It was only $29 a year when I signed up, which seems reasonable for what it its. I've found that my local paper and a few others like the NYT will give a person a few articles for free each month, and often a browser refresh can extend that. I browse some headlines most days and read an occasional article from those. I sort of miss the real paper newspapers, but the local paper is pretty lame anymore.

Tradd

1-13-21, 12:57pm

I will say the NYT has the best newspaper app I’ve come across. The Trib’s has always been horrid.

KayLR

1-13-21, 1:29pm

DH and I read the paper together every morning--well except Monday. Our local dropped the Monday edition a few months ago to save $$. They do have an e-edition on that day, though.

I worked several stints at this local --- in both sports and newsroom. The staff has been reduced significantly over the past decade. It's quite sad. It's been run by one family for four generations. A truly independent local, a dying breed. The content, though, I think, is vibrant. They lean left, but really do try to include editorial columns from the more conservative columnists too. Their focus is southwest Washington with only a smattering of PDX news (local tv covers that--we're in their market).

Here's a link, if interested:
http://columbian.com

early morning

1-13-21, 1:46pm

I subscribe to WaPo and NYT online. All small "local" papers here are owned by the same company and are beyond crap. Several used to be great papers, and I miss that, but cancelled subscriptions when it became clear that there was no actual reporting being done other than high school sports, which I could care less about.

dado potato

1-13-21, 2:13pm

I will say the NYT has the best newspaper app I’ve come across.

I subscribe to the print edition of the Sunday NYT. It usually arrives in my mailbox by Tuesday afternoon. That subscription gives me access to the digital edition every day and the archives. I pay $40 per month. I believe a digital-only subscription is $17/month ($8/month for the first 12 months).
I consider the print edition one of my high-priced discretionary pleasures. Like Archie Bunker in All In the Family, I enjoy sitting in my easy chair with both hands on the Old Gray Lady. Each time I turn a page, I can look out on my Living Room Domain, and reflect on a little more of "the news that's fit to print".

bae

1-13-21, 2:20pm

I subscribe to the online NYT.

frugal-one

1-13-21, 3:43pm

DH and I read the paper together every morning. We do the daily quiz and discuss events. Paper is not getting better though and probably will give it up shortly. I really enjoy sitting in the morning together with "the real thing". I read the local weekly on line.

Tradd

1-13-21, 5:46pm

I subscribe to the print edition of the Sunday NYT. It usually arrives in my mailbox by Tuesday afternoon. That subscription gives me access to the digital edition every day and the archives. I pay $40 per month. I believe a digital-only subscription is $17/month ($8/month for the first 12 months).
I consider the print edition one of my high-priced discretionary pleasures. Like Archie Bunker in All In the Family, I enjoy sitting in my easy chair with both hands on the Old Gray Lady. Each time I turn a page, I can look out on my Living Room Domain, and reflect on a little more of "the news that's fit to print".

I may have to get a NYT digital subscription again. Thanks.

beckyliz

1-13-21, 6:06pm

I still subscribe to the local paper - it's $33 a month anymore and it's getting pretty thin. However, DH and I are officially Old Fogeys and are stuck in our habits, one of which is reading a physical paper in the morning. They do try to do in-depth stories on local and state government. Otherwise, it's local business news and sports, advice column, comics and obits.

pinkytoe

1-13-21, 6:11pm

I have the NYT digital version for $4 a month. I guess I get better rates with my .edu email. I am concerned about finding local news since dropping the paper. TV station websites I guess and maybe the local indy weekly.

SteveinMN

1-13-21, 11:42pm

DW likes to read the paper leisurely on weekends, so we subscribe to the Saturday and Sunday edition of the big paper in town, which removes the paywall for the digital version (which is how I prefer to read). There is a Saint Paul newspaper, but it's a shadow of its former self these days. But there are a few neighborhood papers, and we subscribe to the two closest ones. They provide better local coverage than any local paper so it's worth the money to us and both finally have decent Web sites for those of us who prefer to read on-line.

Simplemind

1-14-21, 1:25am

Our paper is sadly down to 4 days a week but I still love it. I don't care to get my news online, at least it isn't my first choice. I also love all the things I can use the paper for when we are finished with it.

rosarugosa

1-14-21, 6:31am

We subscribe to our local town paper, which is only published weekly.

nswef

1-14-21, 12:08pm

I love reading the local newspaper in my hand. I do the puzzles, I could also read on line, but it doesn't feel the same! They are down to 6 days a week and I am happy to support it.

Tradd

1-14-21, 12:49pm

Got the NYT digital subscription yesterday and read through the app. Forgot how much I liked it. Worth the $8/month.

happystuff

1-14-21, 12:55pm

We used to get a free weekly paper. It was great for local/area news. I know it was still being published a few months back, but we never got delivery. I miss reading a real, in-the-hand newspaper. This thread is making me think I want to see if I can budget for a subscription. Thanks.

KayLR

1-14-21, 2:19pm

Simone

1-15-21, 10:36pm

Online NYT and online local paper.

LDAHL

1-18-21, 12:16pm

We subscribe to our local paper. My wife has a strange fascination with obituaries. She thinks of them as little biographies.

rosarugosa

1-18-21, 12:21pm

We subscribe to our local paper. My wife has a strange fascination with obituaries. She thinks of them as little biographies.

I wonder if she is a fan of the Spoon River Anthology?

LDAHL

1-18-21, 12:40pm

I wonder if she is a fan of the Spoon River Anthology?

That’s an excellent suggestion.

Having updated some estate planning documents this past week, the suggestion was made we write our own obituaries to save our survivors the trouble.

JaneV2.0

1-18-21, 2:50pm

The NY Post online (subscribed) and a number of random news sources. I used to be a regular reader of the local paper, but I don't miss either the local news (if it's important enough it will show up elsewhere) and I don't miss the ink on my fingers.

ewomack

1-24-21, 11:19am

I haven't read a physical newspaper in years. Whenever I see one, I'm shocked by how small it looks. Pretty soon they'll be the size of magazines. The local newspapers here were bought out by conglomerates years ago, so they contain far more ads than journalism. I've unfortunately stopped reading those as well. I do miss newspaper comics, something I grew up on, but I don't see having to deal with a physical paper everyday worth that. Plus, they are online as well, but the experience of reading comics online just doesn't seem the same online.

happystuff

1-24-21, 11:46am

the experience of reading comics online just doesn't seem the same online.

I agree. There was something about reading the weekly black and white comic page and then having full color in the Sunday paper. LOL - good memories.

tiranda

2-18-21, 11:50am

I agree. There was something about reading the weekly black and white comic page and then having full color in the Sunday paper. LOL - good memories.

And the one a day read versus binge reading on a site...life ran at a slower speed then. Of course right now binge reading helps us stay saner.

happystuff

2-18-21, 12:14pm

Of course right now binge reading helps us stay saner.

Can I ask why you say this? My first thought is that binge reading actually involves SO much information that it is more-often-than-not very overwhelming and the information I actually retain is "spotty", at best. I can see binging every now and then as a "catch up", but I don't know that doing it on a regular basis would help my sanity - lol. I would appreciate your perspective. Thanks in advance.

tiranda

2-18-21, 3:08pm

Can I ask why you say this? My first thought is that binge reading actually involves SO much information that it is more-often-than-not very overwhelming and the information I actually retain is "spotty", at best. I can see binging every now and then as a "catch up", but I don't know that doing it on a regular basis would help my sanity - lol. I would appreciate your perspective. Thanks in advance.
Oh, I was referring to binge reading of comics! Or mystery stories, or other just for fun stuff. Recipes! Crafts! Mom blogs! Tumblrs with a positive outlook. What entertains and cheers me up that i don't need to remember..that helps my sanity. Usually, not the news.
If i do want to remember something i take some notes and keep going.

happystuff

2-18-21, 4:38pm

Oh, I was referring to binge reading of comics! Or mystery stories, or other just for fun stuff. Recipes! Crafts! Mom blogs! Tumblrs with a positive outlook. What entertains and cheers me up that i don't need to remember..that helps my sanity. Usually, not the news.
If i do want to remember something i take some notes and keep going.

Oh, Okay! Thanks for explaining and I agree. I tend to do that off and on with tiny houses and decluttering websites. :)