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Opinion: Despite assurances, looks like newspapers are dying to me

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

Column & Photo by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—I have been a journalist since I was 15 and joined my junior high newspaper class. I have attended conferences about journalism, taken classes on how to be a better reporter, worked for various newspapers, and ...

SL Trib editor assures Utah State: ‘Dying newspaper’ is just a myth

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 3 Comments »

By Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—Journalism students everywhere have been taught that newspapers—the paper edition delivered to doorsteps across America—are dying. In fact, “the dying newspaper” has become part of journalism curriculum, and students are being taught new survival skills in this so-called dying ...

SL Trib editor comes to USU to dispel ‘myth of the dying newspaper’

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

LOGAN—“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” That quip, attributed to one-time newspaperman Mark Twain, is Nancy Conway’s theme when she comes to Utah State University next week to deliver a Morris Media & Society Lecture. Conway, editor of The Salt ...