As a small town newspaper owner, I am constantly seeking ways to get our weekly publication to more readers. Unfortunately, I learned recently that mirroring another community’s efforts to get newspapers into the hands of our future generations wasn’t an option for The Herald.
The reasoning was simply that there is “negative” news that may be covered in various editions of The Herald and that could bring a negative impact. Although I can see how negative news items could spark a negative domino-type reaction, we don’t create the news. We cover it. Negative things happen every day, whether it be on a local, state, national or even world level. Many choose to not read or listen about those occurrences, and that is their prerogative; however, that doesn’t mean those things didn’t happen.
