For those who've left the biz

Do you still read your old paper?

I've been out for a few months and I struggle to get through the section now. I see a mistake or a poorly-worded sentence and it depresses me. Today I read a blog post that misspelled the first name of the football coach at State U.

A friend of mine who left the business years ago said you go through a stage like this. But it will lessen. You'll still see errors, but it won't piss you off. Is that right?

 

Inky, I haven't read my former paper since I moved (same state, different county). And while I miss what it used to be, I don't miss the current product at all.

 

I read most of the coverage every day.

The actual paper? Sunday when the coupons come.

I'm five years out and remain good friends with a few of the writers. I send my observations now and then, hoping I carry the weight of a former colleague and not just some old dude bitching over coffee.

P.S. I still get harangued on a regular basis when my former workplace covers something that isn't to the liking of one of my non-newspaper friends.

 

I will not give one cent to those who crafted my doom.

 

Read them only rarely. And I don't pay for them.

 

I did for about a year.

Then it had mass layoffs, and wasn't nearly the same anymore.

 

I was an AP staffer so I've sadly watched it wither away the past 10-15 years. I still pay attention to my former bureaus' reports and follow friends' bylines.

 

I avoid it. The last time I picked it up after a game, I saw they traveled two people to a game. When I was there it was usually 5-6. The one guy who was there when I was is great, but they have him doing so much that he can't be very effective.

 

I never buy the actual paper (which now comes out only three days a week). Read it online at times but, for the most part, it's not very good.

 

Only one reason I'll read the Trenton rag online: Edelstein the columnist gets it, and, he maintains a very strong connection to the area via SM.

 

This describes me. Checked one out last week and it had the final score of a state playoff game wrong.