tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post1370570100754147384..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Small Town Newspaper BluesUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-72204765656946118242012-04-11T13:36:26.673-04:002012-04-11T13:36:26.673-04:00Five dollars for a story, wow. You might as well b...Five dollars for a story, wow. You might as well blog for free.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-73576851753737634242012-04-11T09:55:23.053-04:002012-04-11T09:55:23.053-04:00The reason our local weekly is so popular is that ...The reason our local weekly is so popular is that it focuses on local people, local sports, local issues. Unless a national issue touches our county, it's not in the paper. As the publisher said, "I can't compete with Drudge,so I'm only going to compete with me." (I wrote stories for him in high school for five bucks a pop. He was a stickler for grammar and gave me my first <i>Strunk & White</i>.<br /><br />The stuff you cite would never see the light of day in our paper, if for no other reason, than to avoid ticking off advertisers.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com