Chapter 6 Q.1

       Metropolitan newspapers are going viral. There is opportunities online to view articles, weather, comics, even sudoku easier than subscribing to a daily. Let alone the convenience, the issue of pricing is a growing problem as well. With a lowering economy, stopping a newspaper subscription in the long run would save money. It even goes down to the tree hugger not wanting paper wasted. My uncle is a an editor for The Oregonian and has watched his co-workers getting laid off one by one. The subscriptions and advertisers are heading for cheaper sources. There are plenty of reasons why Larger newspapers are having to change their focus these days, so why has community papers been exceeding rather than receding? 

       An example in my life is the Valley Times of Beaverton, Oregon. When I played sports in High School, after every game I would look to see if my name was mentioned or my picture was taken in the newspaper. It often was! We would always subscribe to the more local magazine because we saw people we knew, people we wanted to know, and events that were happening right outside our house. We just couldn't get that from any other magazine. I personally like being a part of the news, which why i would rather read the Valley Times, or now the Daily Universe, rather than USA Today or The New York Times.