Comments on: How I have used the print edition, historically speaking

By: Young ‘uns : Notes from a Teacher

Young ‘uns : Notes from a Teacher — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:47:23 +0000

[...] up is Ryan Sholin. How I have used the print edition, historically speaking, is both a somewhat nostalgic look back at ink-on-paper and a few observations on how that relates [...]

By: Erica Smith

Erica Smith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:22:36 +0000

Many, many, many years ago, when my mother was teaching me to read, she’d take a copy of the newspaper with us to church (or anywhere else she wanted me to sit and shut up). She would circle a word or letter combination (“the” or “est,” for example), and I’d go through the stories and circle the matches. Sometimes there was an underlined group and a circled group. It worked like a charm — I was quiet and learned to read at a young age.

By: matt king

matt king — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:59:30 +0000

I always have, and still do, read the paper like a book, from beginning to end, only jumping immediately if a story really grabs me. Otherwise, I pick up when i get to the jump page.

This is the experience I can’t get online and the reason i prefer a paper edition.

Also, the crossword

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:29:49 +0000

Thanks. That was helpful and what I’ve been thinking all along.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:27:57 +0000

i haven’t read anything to comment on yet

By: Daniel Sato

Daniel Sato — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:32:01 +0000

Where was, line the bird and rabbit cage? And of course, indispensable in getting the dog house trained.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:08:08 +0000

@Kyle:

Publishers sometimes put PDFs of their pages online as a low-tech way to upsell advertisers who want to see their ads online.

Often, the same publishers are running a sub-par CMS and don’t get a steady flow of news posted to their sites, so out-of-town readers do actually use the PDF edition.

Kind of a vicious cycle there…

By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:01:33 +0000

Tropic trivia: Former Tropic editor Bill Rose is now the managing editor of my shop, The Palm Beach Post.

By: camccune

camccune — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:58:32 +0000

Definitely for the TV guide, comics and crosswords…but you forgot Sudoku! (Only the easy ones, though.)

By: Kyle Hansen

Kyle Hansen — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:04:44 +0000

We are having some friends and family over this evening to dye easter eggs. My wife made me go to the newsroom and pick up a stack of old papers to cover the table. But normally I only have the printed edition around when I want to save a clip.

A professor recently showed me the online reader for the Mercury News where you can actually read the paper online just like the “real” thing. He thought maybe this is the future. I think that is a good example of why newspapers are loosing money. You need to deliver the content in a new way for a new medium, not just stick the old thing online and think people are going to love it.