Tag: Newspapers
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Paper cuts
Winter 2009
Not that many years ago Washington's legislature was covered by more than 30 journalists from around the state. Now that number is eight. The Seattle Times no longer has a bureau on the east side of Lake Washington, and a print Post-Intelligencer no longer exists. Who will give us information and investigation when the papers have all gone?
Categories: Communication, Media, Public affairs
Tags: Journalism, Newspapers, Blogs
Life after newspapers
Winter 2009
It's a whole new cyberworld out there, and I'm the dinosaur dude who's trying to figure out where to go from here.
Categories: Communication, Media
Tags: Careers, Reporters, Journalism, Newspapers
Old News
Winter 2009
Just as several of Washington’s newspapers have vanished from the
landscape, librarians and volunteers are bringing our state’s
near-forgotten newspapers to light. Through a project in the Washington
Secretary of State’s office, library empl...
Categories: Media, History, Library and museum studies
Tags: Newspapers
New Deal at the library
Winter 2003
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), established by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as part of his New Deal
reforms, was designed to put Americans back to work at a time when
the country was suffering massive unemployment from the Grea...
Categories: Library and museum studies, History
Tags: Archives, Newspapers