October 6, 2014

Happy National Newspaper Week! It’s the 74th anniversary of the week that celebrates what newspapers bring to a community, according to Lisa Hills, executive director of Minnesota Newspaper Association and VP of the Newspapers Associations Managers. NAM puts on the annual newspaper week.

One purpose of the week is to remind readers the reason “that their community is probably vibrant is that they have a newspaper,” Hills said in a phone interview.

And it’s not just newspapers, she said, but news organizations.

“They are the root of communities and no one covers news the way that newspapers and news media professionals do.”

In honor of National Newspaper Week, NAM has several editorial cartoons. Here are a few, from Dave Granlund, Charlie Daniel and John Darkow:

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We have a good collection of newspaper life in our archives, too. Here’s a quick sampling.

Newspapers mentioned in rap songs: A brief history, by Jeremy Barr

(I’m also a huge fan of Barr’s Local People With Their Arms Crossed Tumblr.)

What newsroom sounds will vanish next? from me back in February

How to propose in a newsroom, also by me, from May

And on life after the newspaper:

One year after 28 Sun-Times photojournalists were laid off, where are they now? by Sam Kirkland

How mass layoffs in 2013 changed the lives of former Plain Dealer staffers, by Kirkland, Ben Mullin, Andrew Beaujon and me

Today on Twitter I asked for favorite newsroom memories and heard lots of great stories about election nights, first times on the front and even one about a tent. Even if you don’t still work at a newspaper, what are your great newspaper memories? Email them or tweet them to me.

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Kristen Hare is Poynter's director of craft and local news. She teaches local journalists the critical skills they need to serve and cover their communities.…
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