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Newspapers dying because they don’t get it

File under: Get your news by Pony Express

Stephen Pate

The reason that newspapers are dying is they just don’t get it. They’re not hip, cool or into the modern era.

I was doing a little research and discovered that the Halifax, Nova Scotia paper the Chronicle Herald didn’t post it’s writer’s and editor’s email addresses. Aren’t they the ones who laid off staff last week?

How do they get their stories, Pony Express?

Perhaps they use snail mail. No, faxes are the way to send in stories.

Yeah, by the time I dust the dirt and papers off my 1985 model fax to send them a story, my life will be over.

In the same club of dinosaurs are the Moncton Times Transcript and all the CanadaEast.com papers – St. John, Fredericton Daily Gleaner. Right up with modern times in news gathering.

Also in this dubious club of nearderthals is the Montreal Gazette. Sell your shares while you can.

1 Comment

  1. Jon Majors

    Wow. Perhaps you should have called this article “I Can Find Contact Form?” Go back to Twitter.

    https://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=7017&cpage=1#comment-8549

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