Slimantics: The Founding Fathers had it right: newspapers are essential
This is going to sound a bit self-serving, I realize, but newspapers — no matter the platform — are essential to nation’s welfare, something our Founding Fathers realized from the start.
Tariffs on imported newsprint nixed in win for US newspapers
In a victory for the American newspaper industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday blocked tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imported newsprint, finding that American producers weren’t harmed by imports from Canadian paper mills.
Print newspapers are dead? Not after historic elections
Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day.
Ray Mosby: Why community newspapers matter
ROLLING FORK — The chosen theme for this year’s National Newspaper Week is “Power of the Press,” and that power, it seems to me, is a very relative thing.
Everybody understands the power of, say, The New York Times or The Washington Post, but probably less recognized and appreciated is the power of the Deer Creek Pilot and the thousands of other small, community newspapers just like it all across the land.
At 50, landmark libel case relevant in digital age
Singer Courtney Love hadn’t been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at the Supreme Court in 1964.
2 newspapers call for clemency for NSA leaker Edward Snowden
The New York Times and Guardian newspapers have called for clemency for Edward Snowden, saying that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate should be praised rather than punished for his disclosures.
Department of Archives to digitize newspapers with grant
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has received a $274,000 grant to digitize 100,000 pages of state newspapers published between 1836 and
Charlie Mitchell: High school newspapers
OXFORD — At most Mississippi high schools today, the only cars out front are the principal’s and the secretary’s. Maybe a counselor or two came
Bill Crawford: Newspapers vital to communities
“Have you lost your mind?” a friend responded to one of my recent columns. That got me thinking. Not about the column in question, but
Musings on newspapers and how they are changing
As the Internet gets more and more common, even dinosaurs like me are becoming comfortable using it. At the same time, various methods of print media are fading from use.