http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100256908
This is an interesting NPR podcast/article. It is about one of Americas oldest newspapers in Hartford, Connecticut. The idea of the article is exactly what we have been talking about. There are two people mentioned one a smart professional who turns to the internet to get a new job. The second is an old timer who looks at the newspaper front and back for his new job. The main problem the article poses is that the newspaper is losing money and having trouble competing with other medias, much like all newspapers. What they argue is that if they lose their LOCAL newspaper, then they will be losing a sense of community. A man states that the community will be out the window if they have people online just looking through a 100 different articles a day.
What do you think?? Is this community what really makes us Americans? Don't we and can't we live without it??
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I do feel like a sense of a traditional community will be lost. It seems as though a local print newspaper will be replaced by a local news website. As the population matures, I think the younger generations will feel there is no need for a local print newspaper because they don't really care about the "local" sense of community.
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