In a digital world where the tap of our fingers, across a keyboard or across a screen, defines the majority of our days, there is something really wonderful about the simplicity of stitching pieces of fabric together. Keep Reading
Starting on Sunday, I stash my favorite sections in my bag and carry them with me. The Business section delves into IPO drama, company trends, executive leadership news, and what’s happening in finance. Sunday Review features more nuanced, human-interest stories, and lots of opinions – like the recent article discussing the likability trap for politicians. And finally, the Style section, for all of the obvious reasons and the fact that it’s a quick snap shot into what’s hot right now from the perspective of the Times.
These are the sections that travel with me, I read the front page at home, and all together ditch Sports, Arts, and Book Review. Sometimes Travel gets a little time.
Newspapers are like a curated Twitter. That sounds funny, given that newspapers were the original form of news media. But social media has become such a smash of interesting and annoying takes. I value social media, and certainly I value my own platform, but it’s difficult to determine what content is valuable and what is not. I think perhaps one of the worst things social media has done for the world is make everyone an authority. Not everyone should be an authority, and we’ve certainly seen what happens when audiences believe what people in the network publish and repost online. The consequences can be pretty serious. Newspapers, on the other hand, carefully conceive of ideas for articles, investigate them thoroughly, and then present us with a factual account of what is happening. It is not speculation, and when opinions are published they come from people who are legitimately deemed to have some expertise in their field to support what they are talking about.
While the New York Times is a constant around here, I also read the Globe and Mail and the Wall Street Journal – there isn’t time for much more. I want to know what the experts think, they provide a perspective I likely haven’t considered. Concise and condensed and easy to toss in your bag – with no screen time necessary. This is why I love newspapers.
