Comments on: A penny for the New York Times’ thoughts http://02a8865.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/04/28/a-penny-for-the-new-york-times-thoughts/ Good work that does good. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kim http://02a8865.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/04/28/a-penny-for-the-new-york-times-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Kim Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:26:36 +0000 http://www.tellhetrick.com/blog/?p=473#comment-499 I'm with you. It seems to me that the demise of newspapers results from the owners' lack of foresight to realize that online content should've never been free. And now here I sit, with access to newspapers across the country that cost me nothing while the reporters and editors who work at those papers are losing their jobs or, at least, a good chunk of their paychecks. I read The Washington Post and the NYT for government stories, and The Seattle Times for news on Starbucks and the Seahawks. I would pay for the stories I want to read, but I don't have to. I pay for the paper version of The Star for Indianapolis news; perhaps I should get the online version for free, or for a small additional fee. Those who want online-only version can subscribe to it just as I do to the paper. Or people could pick among the online stories and purchase them individually. The best way to get local news is through well-written stories done by local journalists. Here's hoping newspaper management figures it out before all the local journalists--and the papers they worked for--are gone. I’m with you. It seems to me that the demise of newspapers results from the owners’ lack of foresight to realize that online content should’ve never been free. And now here I sit, with access to newspapers across the country that cost me nothing while the reporters and editors who work at those papers are losing their jobs or, at least, a good chunk of their paychecks. I read The Washington Post and the NYT for government stories, and The Seattle Times for news on Starbucks and the Seahawks. I would pay for the stories I want to read, but I don’t have to.

I pay for the paper version of The Star for Indianapolis news; perhaps I should get the online version for free, or for a small additional fee. Those who want online-only version can subscribe to it just as I do to the paper. Or people could pick among the online stories and purchase them individually.

The best way to get local news is through well-written stories done by local journalists. Here’s hoping newspaper management figures it out before all the local journalists–and the papers they worked for–are gone.

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