Courage in newspapering brings obstacles
Tue, 2014-10-07 05:00
News Staff
By Willis Webb
“Crusading” newspapers a la the screaming headline variety of the early 20th Century have fallen by the wayside. To be a crusader in any life facet takes a certain amount of courage and, in most cases, a dash of derringdo. That most assuredly applies to newspapers that take the plunge into the swirling waters of need, controversy, right and wrong plus the ragged and often hidden shoals of financial interest. However, most community newspapers today have found ways to negotiate the often-murky waters and steer a course for themselves and their area into a peaceful, placid stream from which a community can draw to quench all sorts of thirsts.
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