Totally Rad Newspapers

[patrickdonohue]

Being a newspaper journalist (a profession that continues to evolve and change each and everyday), there is still something so great to me about going to the newsstand and getting a newspaper. Whenever I travel, I like to pick up the local paper and while I may not understand all of the local issues, I find you can learn a lot about a community by reading it's newspaper on any given day. I thought I'd get a list of some of your favorite newspapers and why you love them. For me, reading the morning newspaper (regardless of whether or not you read it in the morning) is something of an American institution. I , like many of you, consume much of my news online when I'm at work but I genuinely love reading the newspaper (though living on the beach where I live is simply one of the most frustrating exercises in human experience).

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - A wonderful, wonderful newspapers. The stories are well-written, thorough but readable and not dripping with pretension (*ahem New York Times).

Indianapolis Star - One of my hometown newspapers. I really love how the Star covers the Indy Metro area and it's sports section is one of the best in the country for my money.

Orlando Sentinel - The AJC and the Sentinel are the best two newspapers published in the South hands down.

I'm interested to hear everyone's feedback and what about your local paper do you love. People in our area seem to like this thing called "Spout Off" that basically allows people to slander one another anonymously. I'm not big on it because people are willing to say anything if they don't have to sign their name. Zero accountability but I digress.

And the people who say print media is dying or even dead, I get it. Trust me. I'm on the front lines here so save your breath.

[nlatimer]

I don't think its just print media thats dying, I think most traditional media has had more than a few potshots taken at it. The only thing I'd really read from a newspaper is the comics, which I only do when I have nothing better to do (read: with family on Sundays).

Everything can be done online now, and at a generally better quality. Most comics in the newspaper are generic at best, and just not funny at worst. I've been reading webcomics for nearly 10 years now, the best rise to the top. Something that is even remotely controversial, such as Boondocks (which while I don't personally enjoy alot, I do respect it), gets kicked out of most newspapers.

Newspapers are essentially designed by committee when it comes down to it. I wouldn't deny a truly independent one a chance, but in print, its just inconvenient these days.

[deegraww]

I'll say The Raleigh N&O. Because that's where I am though I get my news from Google news.

[royterp]

I used to subscribe to the Washington Post, but I found that, apart from the Sunday ads, the papers would just stack up by the door until I tossed them in the recycle bin. For the most part I get my news from http://washingtonpost.com and http://news.bbc.co.uk at work. I like the more up-to-the minute news items, but I also tend to read the longer pieces the Post does, like the relatively recent Walter Reed investigations.

If Metro commuters are any indication, print is not dead since a majority every morning are reading the Post, the WSJ, or one of the two free dailies they give out at stations: the Express (a Post-run fishwrap, I mean, venture) and the Examiner. (The Examiner is BY FAR the better "newspaper" of the two freebies, and honestly the only reason I prefer the Express is because it is center-stapled and therefore much more convenient on the train. Plus the crossword puzzle is better.)

[tectec]

Sometimes I'll pick up a free daily like the RedEye which is printed by the Chicago Tribune.

The Onion is another great free "newspaper" you can find all over the place and while its not real its damn funny.

Other than that, I just get all my news online.