News bulletins have been around since the days of Ancient Rome and since the late Han Dynasty in China (2nd & 3rd centuries AD)* Concise written sheets were a way to get information disseminated before there were phones and computers. Now, in the digital age, they struggle for readership. Some people cannot imagine life without the daily morning newspaper; others have never acquired that habit.
The above photo shows the array of papers available at Hamburger Square. The Rhino Times covers news and politics for the Greensboro area and is free to the public. The weekly Carolina Peacemaker has been serving North Carolina and highlighting our diverse communities since 1967. They have a readership of nearly 40,000 and their website reminds advertisers that when they advertise to Greensboro's African American consumer market, they are reaching North Carolina's second largest African American market. YES! Weekly is an alternative weekly in the Triad. The O.Henry Magazine is free to readers and features articles of local interest, digging into many aspects of local Greensboro culture. Then there are a few other free papers on the right. Noticably absent is the News & Record. The boxes are so pretty to look at and reading the information inside really does help one keep a pulse on happenings in the Triad, ranging from conservative to liberal (and a little bit in between)!
Yes, the concern with print media is important. Who will pay journalists? which ever the media.
Posted by: Mary Ann Johnson | Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 12:06 PM
The Peacemaker's an unusual name for a paper.
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 08:17 PM