#newspaper reader

A man reads the New York Times on January 28, 1947, standing against Number One Broadway. The sign tells the story of the building, which housed the headquarters of the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM).

Woman with Cat -   Jeanne Mammen , 1932

German, 1890-1976

GIVES YOU HELL

"In the Rough’s “Gives You Hell” comic is not only about Helly and Molly coming back to haunt Michael Moore and Zion Diamine for the ways they’ve wronged them, but also publicly bringing to the forefront how their selfish desires have affected a nation that is starting to rap at their doors."

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Portrait of Signora Severini   -   Gino Severini , 1934.

Italian,  1883-1966

Home moment   -   Sulho Sipila , 1927

Finnish,1895-1949

I've been on my school's newspaper for a year, and my skills as a writer and a designer have really grown. I'm so proud of the work I do for the paper at this point in the year because it took so much of my time and effort to get this far.

The newspaper staff as a whole put a lot of work into making our stories and page layouts interesting for readers. We use understandable language. We spent hours (yes, hours) thinking of good headlines and leads. We make the more controversial stories as palatable as possible. We include interviews from teachers and students to show how our stories relate to our community. Still, people don't care.

Everyone at school tells me that they look forward to the days that our newspaper comes out. They all take copies first thing in the morning with smiles on their faces. But they don't read the stories.

They read every other headline, look at the occasional comic strip, and close the paper. This certainly makes me sad, but it's understandable. I did the same thing in the past few years before I joined the newspaper staff.

People do this because they don't know what it takes to make this paper. They don't know how many hours we spent writing, editing, and designing. They don't know that we agonize over every area of white space or every font we choose. I can't help but be upset that people don't read the stories even though I know it's not really their fault.

We've been fundraising all year so that we can afford to print our last issue in color. We have spent so much time outside of school selling goods and services so that we can afford this. We want to print in color for the readers. We want it because we think it'll make readers happy.