Here are some kids getting INTO the business

[WriteThinking]

An NYT article on some kids from Long Island, N.Y. who have established a weekly print newspaper, pretty much all on their own. Journalism is not dead, or dying, as far as they're concerned.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/...e_code=1.Kk8.Mh-Q.0xCuSZZCapXw&smid=url-share

Give yourself an enjoyable read. The kids seem impressive in their ambition and efforts.

 

[BTExpress]

Despite industrywide headwinds, The Ditch Weekly is "very profitable," said Charlie Stern, the paper's chief financial officer, who at 17 is something of an elder statesman on the staff.

Writer couldn't have picked a better description than the almost two-decade-old term used by every publisher during buyout/layoff staff meetings?

 

[Songbird]

They're ahead of pace, maybe even further afield, in the journalistic race to be fat and diabetic.

And having only read these first 2 grafs, did the reporter mention anything about the quality of election night pizza on the South Fork?

On a Saturday morning in May, five hard-nosed reporters filed into an office on the South Fork of Long Island and picked up their red pens.

For two hours, they combed through the drafts in front of them. Clunky sentences were tightened. Inelegant adjectives were cut. Powdered doughnut holes were eaten, and mini bags of Cheez-Its, too.[\quote]

 

[SportsGuyBCK]

Just wait ... In a couple years, they'll be laying off the middle schoolers to hire some up-and-coming elementary school reporters ...

 

[britwrit]

They have a website but no stories on the web. So that they've decided to screw over Google is one thing going for them at least.