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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2829942, member: 961"] Another sad day for a profession that almost does not exist any more. I was a part of it in the 70s and 80s, when it was nothing like this and the word Craigslist was unknown. The folks who owned newspapers then were competent by the standards of the 60s and 70s, but had no idea how to deal with the 90s and beyond. It's easy to say in hindsight, but what the profession needed to do back then was hire some futurists and develop some plans. Now we're being reduced to a few good newspapers with national scope, a few good regional ones whose rich owners can bankroll them, and a bunch of understaffed advertising vehicles. I despair for the local communities whose newspapers held officials accountable to the people. Without regular newspaper coverage, many local agencies, boards with taxing authority and other governmental units will descend into levels of corruption, incompetence and/or neglect that we've not seen before. [/QUOTE]