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| newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species
Janet Kuypers 2/24/16 Sitting in those basement labs, the hum of computer workstations accompanied my thoughts. Time was ticking, deadlines darted, but I was used to the daily deadline — the rush to be on time was my nicotine. I’d slam my hands, my fingers into those keyboards so every newspaper would know my side of the story. I would keep copies of my work, in nine point type, two inch wide columns. But newspaper pages are thin as tissue. I can’t hold my work in this form forever, not like this, the ink smudges and disappears whenever anyone touches the page. Maybe this is the disintegration of the written word, now that everyone prefers reading the news from their phones and tablets. Besides, they want to read on their commuter train to work; newspaper ink could smudge onto their crisp white shirts. * Journalism is a dying art. Millennials think that using your smart phone and texting what anyone blurts out is news, so they post their nonsense on every electronic medium they can find. Besides, with the prices they pay for phones so they can Google every question they have and not have to retain any answers, texting and data better be free. Not like those newspapers, not the tabloid ones, but the ones that you have to spread your arms out to read. You know, those cumbersome ones. The ones that make you feel like they have something worth saying, because it’s something of value. * This is what I loved. I loved being able to make a statement on a printed page and have it delivered to the town’s front doors. I’d open my front door, then open my daily paper, just like the one delivered to every front door, to open the pages wide, and then find what’s mine. * “Why bother remembering stories or the news when you can reference it in archive online?” Well, you may be right, it may seem convenient — but it’s inconvenient to search for the stories in the first place, and anyway, I still contend that it’s better for your eyes, and maybe your brain, ‘cause you can retain information on a page. I know, I know... The newspaper’s a dying species. It’s a dying art. But the oils, the pigments that make the ink, they make our blood. Understand this. And if you ever grab a newspaper again, if any ink smudges onto your fingers, well, rub it in. Let it get into your bones, because this stuff’s in our blood, and it gives us life. |
