02-07-2009, 09:08 AM
Kapt,
I agree with you, the Herald Tribune does not have enough local news or local writers for that matter. It is owned by a mainland conglomerate who does not care about the community or even quality journalism. It is really sad. Today's paper only had two articles written by staff on the front page, though all but one were stories about Hawaii. 90% of this paper (other than sports) is written by mainland AP writers who get their work put into a big pool for anyone to dip into.
The food section is completely embarrassing to me as a food writer. Only Audrey Wilson's weekly column is local, everything else is always 100% mainland and much of it has no real relevance to what our lives here are like, let alone the bounty of foods we have locally and the importance of staying sustainable and local because we live on an island. Even the governor is trying to support and encourage sustainable living when it comes to food sources and the paper cannot even cover that story except as a side note to another article written by an AP writer.
I have an issue with just cancelling your subscription though, that paper is supporting our economy at the very least and a community our size with no paper is a BAD thing, a sad thing in fact. Declining subscriptions only make it a worse paper. Their should be a way to voice our opinion, like a week where everyone who has an issue with the paper and still has a subscription makes a one week “vacation hold” for exactly the same dates, a boycott of sorts. This would voice our dissatisfaction as well as our disdain and the effect that we would have on the economy of the newspaper if we did all decide to abandon it.
While blogs are terrific and online sites are great, a newspaper has the greatest source of information about a community that can be found in one place. Now if someone were able to truly create a virtual local paper, it would be wonderful, but nobody has a budget or the time it takes to do all of that on their own.
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
www.eastbaypotters.com
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
I agree with you, the Herald Tribune does not have enough local news or local writers for that matter. It is owned by a mainland conglomerate who does not care about the community or even quality journalism. It is really sad. Today's paper only had two articles written by staff on the front page, though all but one were stories about Hawaii. 90% of this paper (other than sports) is written by mainland AP writers who get their work put into a big pool for anyone to dip into.
The food section is completely embarrassing to me as a food writer. Only Audrey Wilson's weekly column is local, everything else is always 100% mainland and much of it has no real relevance to what our lives here are like, let alone the bounty of foods we have locally and the importance of staying sustainable and local because we live on an island. Even the governor is trying to support and encourage sustainable living when it comes to food sources and the paper cannot even cover that story except as a side note to another article written by an AP writer.
I have an issue with just cancelling your subscription though, that paper is supporting our economy at the very least and a community our size with no paper is a BAD thing, a sad thing in fact. Declining subscriptions only make it a worse paper. Their should be a way to voice our opinion, like a week where everyone who has an issue with the paper and still has a subscription makes a one week “vacation hold” for exactly the same dates, a boycott of sorts. This would voice our dissatisfaction as well as our disdain and the effect that we would have on the economy of the newspaper if we did all decide to abandon it.
While blogs are terrific and online sites are great, a newspaper has the greatest source of information about a community that can be found in one place. Now if someone were able to truly create a virtual local paper, it would be wonderful, but nobody has a budget or the time it takes to do all of that on their own.
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Originally posted by kaptkimo
We recently dropped our "Herald Tribune" subscription. The Newspaper just didn't carry enough local news, mostly AP and Stephens Media pap that was available sooner and better on the net. I learn much more from the local blogs and keep them all bookmarked. Add in Google News, Drudge, Fox news, Yahoo, etc. I'm pretty much covered. Craigslist, PW Non-classified, & Freecyle round it out.
Just last week I was talking to two different people at Pahoa elementary who have recently dropped their HT subscriptions.
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
www.eastbaypotters.com
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
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devany
www.SassySpoon.wordpress.com
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
www.EastBayPotters.com