1. Did the house where you grew up have a newspaper delivered regularly?
Yep. Local paper and the Denver papers. I also had paper routes and would deliver them in the mornings and the afternoons as a boy.
2. Have you ever subscribed to an actual print newspaper?
Yep. I worked at several newspapers as a reporter and also subscribed to them.
3. When was the most recent time you physically picked up and read a newspaper?
It was about three months ago while in Fruita visiting Jim and he gets the local paper and perused it.
4. Do you pay for news online now?
Yes. Probably paying too much but I think it is important to get news from vetted news sources and not rely solely on a social media feed.
5. Do you have any saved newspaper clippings?
I have a clip file of some of my news stories I wrote. I also have the front page plate from the last day I worked at the daily newspaper in my home town.
1. Yes. They were often afternoon papers, which used to be a thing. The papers were largely how I learned to read. At the age of seven or so, I was quite terrified by the guerilla violence in Northern Ireland as I couldn’t discern the difference between a gorilla and a guerilla.
2. I subscribed for many many years. I did eventually give up the habit, but I was a diehard. The physical paper turned out to great for prop comedy, as well as for physically sharing news items.
3. The day before yesterday. I went to the corner to get one for my mom, and read it before I got home. (There was next to nothing in it.)
4. Not really. I have a digital subscription to the Denver Post, for which I pay ONE DOLLAR per year. It’s a fair price. I’m somehow looped into a family plan for the NYT, so technically I don’t pay for it.
5. I don’t think so. I recently underwent “The Big Purge”, and I parted ways with 90% of my physical stuff.
1) Yes morning local paper and USA Today.
2) Nope. To quote Egan, “Print is dead”.
3) Someone left one in the firehouse bathroom back in 2005 I read an opinion piece in it while taking a dump.
4) Nope. There is enough free news available. Most if it worthless drivel.
5) My mom is a prolific clipper of newspaper articles. I deal in memes.