TOP TEN USES FOR NEWSPAPERS IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Let’s face it in this day and age the most convenient way to get your news is online. With every story available instantly on a computer screen, who besides print journalists can see the benefits of ink and paper?
After pondering this question I came up with the ten most practical reasons why people do need newspapers.
1) To save your eyes from the constant glare of a computer screen.
Even with small font sizes, reading the paper can probably save you from annual increases in your glasses prescription.
2) Kindling to start a fire.
3) A cheap substitute for wrapping paper.
Also useful as a packing material.
4) A cheap substitute for a fly-swatter. And much easier to find.
5) Cleaning windows, for a streak-free shine that wipes away spots left by the bugs you kill.
6) Employment opportunities for enthusiastic young people. I’m not talking about journalists, I mean kids with paper routes. How else are they supposed to make money to buy iPhones?
7) House training puppies. Newsprint soaks up those yellow puddles perfectly.
8) As a prop for a play set in the past.
9) For seniors to cut clippings of their grandchildren. While said grandchildren use newspapers to make paper-mache.
10) Finally, the most obvious reason to keep newspapers around… to draw moustaches on pictures of people who don’t have moustaches.
About Me
- Musing Journalism Student
- I grew up in a small town, dreaming of becoming a professional writer. Today in my final year as a journalism student at the University of Regina I am living on the edge of realizing this dream. After working in a weekly and daily newsroom I have faced the tough realities of life as a reporter. In this blog I will try to offer insight into the state of media today and how it impacts the world as we know it. My philosophy as a writer is to tell stories for the purpose of bridging the gap of understanding between people.
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Maybe newspaper of the future won't include newsprint on the paper.
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