I was at the National Museum of Old Newspapers with “Post” in the Title in Washington, D.C., the other day when I came across these beauties from the Bay Area.
Almost makes you wish newspapers were still around, doesn’t it?
Some other good ones, after the jump:
(P.S. Oh, I guess the Oakland Post is still around.)
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The Oakland Post was among other things, the home of the murdered newsman Chauncey Bailey, whose killers are currently on trial in Oakland.
Chauncey was old-school I guess. He believed journalism was about covering real stories that impact neighborhoods and the people who live in them.
And he was killed for it.
Wrap that around your neck and wear it while pedaling out for a beer and inspiration for your next post-journalism blog post.
Blogs are not newspapers; if they were, your bitter, melodramatic little yap would be crumpled into a ball and tossed in the round file. So there is that to say in favor of blogs.
The story is actually available online, poser. Just not here.
WHOSE A POSER YO!
After further reflection, I’d like to add that some people have great ambitions, some modest, some public, and some private — there is room enough in our world for all of them. To scorn any kind of activity other than the most lofty is to opt for a spare and Spartan existence, and consign oneself to a diet of disappointment chowder.
Howzzat for some rhetoric, baby?
News papers are still around. Ever read the Guardian? They are covering the local impacting news in our community.
Never heard of it. Sounds cool though. Do I have to send away for it? Maybe a specialty bookstore would have it?
You do have to get up from your computer to get it.
The Guardian sucks.
You know, I was curious about this local company called PG&E. Would you perhaps know of a local paper that covers this mysterious entity with any regularity?
Rings a bell.
Reading news online is far superior to lugging around a hefty tome of newsprint, and saves paper, duh…
But it looks creepy taking a laptop into the bathroom.