tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post8585607015133700047..comments2023-09-25T09:57:18.004-05:00Comments on Patsy's Ponderings by Patsy Terrell: Rocky Mountain News Couldn't Weather Rocky EconomyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post-32840884599958613942009-03-01T19:45:00.000-06:002009-03-01T19:45:00.000-06:00I realize sports are really important to some peop...I realize sports are really important to some people and I'm not suggesting it should be done away with. But, to ask someone like me to pay for sports information is not going to work. So, charge us for what we want. I looked at the Joplin Globe this morning and realized that the only section I more than glanced at was "People," that had human interest stories. There was a story about our governor being tapped for a cabinet position, but I knew about that yesterday afternoon so I didn't read it. That is a prime example of the difficulty. Newspapers have to offer something more. I'm already getting the "news" so they've got to give me depth or background or something more to get me. And they've got to give me a way to only pay for what I'm using. In this day of computers it seems people could just go through and check a menu of what stories they wanted to see and that be delivered to their inbox. But, subscriptions don't work for people like me. We're not going to go for it because then we're paying for things we don't use and that makes no sense to us. I have a ton of ideas about how things could work, but - unfortunately - I see newspapers large and small just do the same things they've been doing for decades that are not working. A prime example is the subscription thing - just moving it online with no regard for the differences of the medium. at some point logic would dictate you'd say, "gosh, subscriptions aren't working... we need to do something else..." I'm not sure why they won't embrace new thinking and I'm afraid it's getting close to being too late. That is very sad. I do not want to live in a world where there are not people like Woodward and Bernstein, but I fear I may already be living in it and just not willing to accept it.Patsy Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265729671827964868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post-57786487647448276682009-03-01T12:28:00.000-06:002009-03-01T12:28:00.000-06:00As someone who works for a local newspaper, it's t...As someone who works for a local newspaper, it's truly, truly sad to see so many papers closing or filing bankruptcy. I do believe our print edition needs to change - as a lot of subscribers are our older generation. One problem with that is knowing what people want. I enjoyed reading your opinion, and I think we should try to find out other people's opinions too. For you sports isn't important, but there are a lot of people out there who read the paper ONLY for the sports section (my husband is one of those). If we knew what the general public wants in a newspaper, perhaps it would change the way they are produced. By the way, I am not a journalist and don't work in the newsroom. I'm an operations gal, and I think all of us who work for the newspaper industry need to work together to figure out what the newspaper of the future will look like. Because I truly want newspapers to survive!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713081443454171988noreply@blogger.com