Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.
We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.
I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.
If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.
Newspapers have an extraordinary amount of local content, including real estate listings and restaurant reviews.
People essentially like local news better than network news.
I've always been a firm believer in local news, because it's an opportunity to connect with the community where you live.
Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.
Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.