Published with permission. This article was published in the August, 2020 Publisher’s Auxiliary newspaper. By Andrew Johnson There are many aspects to the value of a community having a local newspaper serving its community. The financial health of these newspapers has been challenged in recent years with the loss of local retail advertising, transition to […]
It’s kinda hard to think back to a time when social media has not ruled our lives (some will say “ruined” our lives) and shaped our reality. Really, it’s only been a less than 20 years since members of Facebook groups like the Hot Moms of Oxford, or the Smarmy Disenfranchised Whiners of Clarkston of […]
At the dawn of yet another year, the leaders of the universe that is Sherman Publications sat atop their ivory towers and looked down at me. From far above I heard their voices bellowing like rolling thunder. In unison, three voices spoke as one . . . “Donald,” they summoned, I looked up and a […]
So, one of our weekly newspapers was called out this week for last week’s edition. We received an e-mail that took us to task — brutally, I might add. And, while I sorta’ agreed with the e-mail writer the news writer in question should have been a wee bit more careful, I did not think […]