Comments on: Buying Ink by the Barrel http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/11/21/Buying-Ink-by-the-Barrel/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: JamesB http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/11/21/Buying-Ink-by-the-Barrel/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-475 I'm glad someone understands that newspapers are more than a bottom line business. There will always be print newspapers (for innumerable reasons), but a major one is that first class newspapers will have first class reporting and analysis. For some owners that will be more important than making a fortune.

Yes, the days are gone when you could both make barrels of money and put out stories that are important to only a few people. But newspeople know that the best jounalism comes from deep digging and hard work.

A great reporter wants to be in print in a major newspaper the way a great actor wants to be on Broadway.

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