Xtra Xtra, Read All About It

In 1982, a newspaper known by the name News & Record was first delivered to the Greensboro community. However, Greensboro's print journalism history was first made in 1890 with the printing of the Daily Record. The Daily Record was owned at one time by Juilan Price, the man who at one time also owned Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, making Mr. Price one of the most influential men in the Piedmont during his day. In 1809, the Greensboro Daily News was founded, giving our community a morning and afternoon newspaper. From 1982-1986, the Greensboro community supported two newspapers. In 1986, competing newspapers were gone and The News & Record emerged as the sole daily newspaper for the community. The above facility, a city block of newspaper history, past, present, and future, was completed in 1976, on the site of the old King Cotton Hotel.*

Today is ABC Wednesday and, for this round, we've been featuring neighbohroods. For X, in the absence of an X neighborhood, we're featuring the newspaper. Two-hundred East Market Street, at the corner of Davie St.,  is the "x marks the spot' place from which news radiates to ALL the communities of Greensboro.The newspaper is in every community- in print and digitally.  Thick or thin, the News & Record is an invaluable clearninghouse of news, information, events, and ideas. A newspaper is more than ink, paper, and coupons. It is a community's shared discourse. Papers give communities a common frame of reference and tell us what others deem important and newsworthy. Without a common source of printed information, a community struggles to define itself. As the younger generation goes digitial and seeks out their own, disparate news sources, we need to find a way to keep them informed about what is actually happening in their own community and from the perspective of people in their community- even if they disagree with the views presented. A local paper, printed or digital, grounds us to each other. The News & Record is more than the sum of its parts; it is Greensboro's ANCHOR.

Today is ABC Wednesday and, X is for X-tra X-tra read all about it. We're asking you for a one day moratirium on saying "I saw on FACEBOOK...," and  to use as your conversation starter, "I read in the News & Record, that......"

* reference, here.

See our ABC Wednesday A-W neighborhoods of Greensboro, here.

Comments

[Oakland Daily Photo]

You are so right to extoll the necessity of local newspapers. As small papers go out of business and conglomerates dominate the news markets, local news disappears. With it goes reporting on the local school board, business initiatives, the city council, and community events. The process of developing and maintaining a sense of community is lost. Excellent post.

[Leslie]

I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have the newspapers delivered every day! I enjoy sitting down and digesting all the details of what's going on in the world and my own community.

Leslie
abcw team

[Roger Green]

local news is so important, but I fear that news, generally, has become so trivialized

ROG, ABC WEDNESDAY TEAM

[Carol Carson]

The words: "a community's shared discourse" resonated for me. The facebook set do that as well with a mix of personal and worldwide news. Whether we like it or not, social media represents a huge segment of society. We who grew up with printed newspapers are perhaps the most fortunate in that we can compare both styles of communication. Great to share that in your Xtra, Xtra post for all to appreciate.

[Jane Mitchell]

An outstanding post. No blog or twitter can compare to the breadth and depth of a newspaper. Long may they live!