Comments on: Local Newspapers Covering Local News

By: Ironman

Ironman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:53:27 +0000

If only the New York Times had taken its local market more seriously - see the latest charts here to compare its local vs national market shares of its circulation.

By: Elly

Elly — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:11:19 +0000

We were stationed at Carlisle Barracks when my husband attended the War College. I think this was a good decision on the part of the Sentinel.

Most people either received their National news online or from a large city paper.

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:25:08 +0000

The neswpaper business is in steep decline. Papers need fresh approachs if they are to survive. This isn't it. This is more like rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship. I can't think of anything (except maybe full frontal celebrity nudity on pages 2 thru 6) that can save them in the long run.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:59:45 +0000

Seeing the contortions necessary to claim the Gulf War was a local story in order to get it onto the front page was amusing.

Yeah. There are legit local angles; presumably, local soldiers are going to and from the war. Certainly, Carlisle PA (home of the Army War College) has them. But trying to go fake-local defeats the point of the exercise: Major papers are going to do it better than you.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:50:56 +0000

In the early 90's, I worked in another small PA town where the local paper (often called the Daily Yokel News) had a similar, if unofficial, policy. Seeing the contortions necessary to claim the Gulf War was a local story in order to get it onto the front page was amusing.