The times they are a-changing \u2013 that is for sure.<\/p>\n
It used to be that when you were a print journalist, that\u2019s what you did \u2013 print news, meaning newspapers. Straying outside the path meant maybe being useful with a camera, or knowing how to work in the dark room.<\/p>\n
Those days are well behind us \u2013 for individual reporters as well as newspaper outfits.<\/p>\n
Today, print journalism is branching into other arenas \u2013 and that\u2019s a good thing, as far as I\u2019m concerned. We\u2019re not just the Kent Reporter anymore \u2013 we\u2019re the Kent Reporter.com (even our banner has changed.) This means we\u2019re giving you the news from multiple outlets \u2013 everywhere from the print paper that materializes in your driveways twice a week, to the Internet, where you can download us onto your computers as well as your Ipods and cell phones.<\/p>\n
The interesting thing I\u2019ve run across is that people often will ask if my paper is a dinosaur \u2013 nodding sagely that it will someday be no more.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not correct, I\u2019ll tell them. Remember T. Rex? He\u2019s still running around \u2013 he just morphed into another mode \u2013 the bird, which is everywhere.<\/p>\n
So dinosaurs remain with us today – going so far as to grace our dinner plates as a nice helping of Kentucky Fried chicken. They were far too useful – not to mention delicious \u2013 to just disappear.<\/p>\n
So too is it for newspapers.<\/p>\n
As long as people want to know what is going on in their neighborhood, we\u2019ll have reporters gathering that news for them. It\u2019s just the mode of delivery that may evolve over time. That is why the Kent Reporter has its proverbial talons in other forms of media. We\u2019re striving to meet readers\u2019 demand. And there is an unbelievable demand, still. People want to know what\u2019s happening in their neighborhoods and their businesses. They want to know how their town is being affected by bigger issues \u2013 like the economy \u2013 as well as strictly local issues \u2013 like our Kent Events Center.<\/p>\n
And nobody can do that better than the local paper.<\/p>\n
Do you think the Associated Press or the other national news syndicates ever walk through downtown Kent with a notebook and a camera?<\/p>\n
No \u2013 but we do that here at the Kent Reporter every week.<\/p>\n
No matter how our delivery method may expand and evolve, you can continue to count on getting that local perspective. Here and now. And there\u2019s even more news on our Web site (which is not constrained by space issues as our print edition is.)<\/p>\n
So if you want local news every day, stay with us. We\u2019re delivering it consistently to you, along with fun features, video stories, and a bonanza of other bells and whistles.<\/p>\n
You can see it for yourself, by flipping through the pages of this paper, or going to www.kentreporter.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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