Columns/Editorials
January 5, 2026

A word to the wise: Reporting the news as it happened

By Chad Williamson 

The story of newspapers over the last 20 years is less about how the news is delivered and more about how it is consumed.

The days of people waiting for bundles of papers to be dropped at newsstands to find out what’s going on in the world are over. People like to point to the start of CNN and othe...

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