Community Scrapbook

 

The Local Rag 

“We are the scrapbooks of our community, we are the keeper of milestones. . . . Even something as simple as publishing the school district’s honor roll plays a part in why the community looks to their local paper.” 

 

—Carol Wyatt, editor of two local papers in Florida, the Holmes County Times-Advertiser and the Washington County News, part of a trend of Gannett selling off some of its smaller papers to local owners, “Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter,” CNN, Sept. 8, 2021.

 

• Editorial Comment: School lunch menu, page B14.

 

 

 

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Utah State University
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