Pop culture, much? What will these television shows and commercials consist of once newspapers are finally dead? Here are some fun videos of newspaper mentions in real life.
I like to think newspapers still get this kind of readership and respect.
Newspapers should be a reason to get up in the morning. Especially during a weeklong series. Or a three-part series. Or an ongoing series. I love a good series.
This is actually how a newspaper runs. Panic = fuel.
As any of my friends can tell you, I love Watergate. That was such a good era for newspapers, and lucky for us, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee and Katherine Graham did everything completely right. Everybody talks about how the Washington Post brought down a president, but I think more than that they proved the system works. What many people today don't realize is that the Watergate scandal broke over a period of two years (1972 - 1974) and during that time Nixon was actually reelected to office. Woodward, Bernstein, the whole lot worked themselves into the ground trying to get to the bottom of it. From it came a book and a movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford. In this clip, Woodward is trying to figure out what is going on. (Don't you think that's an accurate definition of a journalist? Someone who's trying to figure out what is going on.)
A clip from Disney's Newsies. This movie immortalized the Newsboy Strike of 1899. Newsboys were the kids on the corner shouting "Extra! Extra!" trying to get citizens to buy their newspapers. The kids weren't paid too well, if you can believe that. So they went on strike to get better pay. It worked. Sure, Disney hyped it up, as per usual, but the magic doesn't diminish with age. Remember, headlines don't sell papes. Newsies sell papes.
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