(via papertissue)
I hope in the case of the last of these, either nostalgia or a need for a source of reliable information will see newspapers through. If nothing else, newspapers are a matter of historical record, the place where you find your birth annoucements and obituaries, learn about the school board meeting and the commission hearings, and learn about the other people in your community who you’d never know about via blogs. I’m not so confident that in 40 years you’ll be able to find what I’m writing right here on my tumblelog.
Newspapers (and journalism) are a flailing industry to be sure, but it’s fixable. And just because there are alternatives doesn’t mean newspapers should go away. Paintings survived photographs, land lines have survived cell phones, cursive handwriting has survived block lettering and analog clocks have survived digital. Most in danger here is really the VCR. And I think I’m OK with that.
