Newspapers, like the world, are changing
Anyone who’s ever had the opportunity to view an old newspaper knows they have changed substantially in both content and appearance through the years.
Historic newspapers were filled with long narrow columns of type and small, one-column headlines. They were strictly black and white – no color photos or advertisements – and had different standards than modern-day publications.
Stories sometimes drifted into first-person and were as apt as not – even on the front page – to contain some opinion. Gossip and rumors were part of the reporting and many were racially divisive.
Thank goodness most of that has changed.
Newspapers today have two choices – grow and evolve with their readers – or die and lock the doors. Those of us who have invested much of our lives in journalism careers are happy to be working for papers that have chosen to grow and evolve.
Part of that evolution is the use of the Internet – Web pages and electronic delivery of news bulletins. That also involves the constant evolution and updating of the news. The Enterprise no longer simply posts, by midday, the news that was printed in our morning edition. We recognize the public’s craving for immediate news delivery and work to satisfy that craving with a constant stream of developing news on BeaumontEnterprise.com
Another part of the evolution is the style of news and commentary. Readers, particularly younger readers who represent the future of the newspaper business, want edgier, trendier news and commentary. Blogs provide us with the option to give our readers what they appear to want.
As a business that means we promote our on-line product in print and our print product on-line. We’re not trying to confuse or offend you. We’re just trying to make you aware of all we offer.
The Enterprise, yesterday, marked the beginning of its 128th year as a newspaper. We hope to be around in another 128 years and are working to grow and evolve into something that will still be a viable news product in the year 2135.
Stick with us. These are exciting times.
Historic newspapers were filled with long narrow columns of type and small, one-column headlines. They were strictly black and white – no color photos or advertisements – and had different standards than modern-day publications.
Stories sometimes drifted into first-person and were as apt as not – even on the front page – to contain some opinion. Gossip and rumors were part of the reporting and many were racially divisive.
Thank goodness most of that has changed.
Newspapers today have two choices – grow and evolve with their readers – or die and lock the doors. Those of us who have invested much of our lives in journalism careers are happy to be working for papers that have chosen to grow and evolve.
Part of that evolution is the use of the Internet – Web pages and electronic delivery of news bulletins. That also involves the constant evolution and updating of the news. The Enterprise no longer simply posts, by midday, the news that was printed in our morning edition. We recognize the public’s craving for immediate news delivery and work to satisfy that craving with a constant stream of developing news on BeaumontEnterprise.com
Another part of the evolution is the style of news and commentary. Readers, particularly younger readers who represent the future of the newspaper business, want edgier, trendier news and commentary. Blogs provide us with the option to give our readers what they appear to want.
As a business that means we promote our on-line product in print and our print product on-line. We’re not trying to confuse or offend you. We’re just trying to make you aware of all we offer.
The Enterprise, yesterday, marked the beginning of its 128th year as a newspaper. We hope to be around in another 128 years and are working to grow and evolve into something that will still be a viable news product in the year 2135.
Stick with us. These are exciting times.
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