Less newsprint on my fingers, and in my blood
Posted by: Tom Keefe, in General, blogging, communicationsSomething that used to happen to me quite frequently years ago has made me slightly nostalgic. Yesterday, I read the main headline on the Chicago Tribune, and was genuinely surprised and delighted by the fact that I was learning about the event for the first time at that moment.
“Chicago scores U.S. 2016 Olympics bid,” read the headline. Because I hadn’t listened to the radio or watched television news that morning, the article really was “news” to me. I realized two things at that moment:
- Part of me missed the days when my ink-stained fingers eagerly turned page after page to uncover more and more interesting reading in that day’s newspaper.
- Part of me knows all-too-well that I no longer have “ink my blood.” In fact, I only read two stories in the Sunday paper yesterday, and the rest of my family skipped the paper and only concentrated on the advertisements stuffed within.
The problem is time. Unlike years ago, I can’t relax in bed for an entire Sunday morning, reading the paper. I typically grab the news from Internet RSS feed-readers or the radio. Although I often see apparently interesting articles in the paper, I don’t find time to sit and read them.
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April 22nd, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Wow Tom, I’m highly disappointed that you only read two articles from the Sunday Tribune. I find that the Sunday Tribune still has a wealth of information that you can’t find on the web, or I find it easy to read it in ink than surf the web. I too find it difficult to find time so I try to keep to the following schedule:
Metro
Sports
Main
Transportation (Cars)
Travel
Arts & Leisure
Q
Business
Home & Garden
Real Estate
Now I won’t read all the articles, just the ones that grab my attention.
Works like a charm everytime. Back in my NYC days, when I got the Sunday Times or was at a place that got the paper, I followed a similar pattern, however never getting through as many articles because they used biggers words.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Tom, the ink in your blood is like a virus. It may have been reduced to an undetectable level, but believe me its still there. I know I suffer from the same affliction. Every now and then while typing a release or setting up a news conference I can feel it oozing thru my veins trying to multiply… Unfortunately, I also no longer have the time to enjoy a late morning to afternoon affair with a Sunday paper. So I am reduced to reading sections over the course of several days. This is the strategy I use for Sundays Tribune. First I read the local news (part of my job), then the national news section. Features, commentary and columnists come after that and are marked for later reading. Skip home and garden, auto section, real estate etc. Its a great strategy, and one day it might actually work. bada bump
Just discovered your blog. Great to see you alive and kicking!
May 17th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Marcel, it IS you! Great to “hear” from you after quite a few years. I saw your name quoted as the source for a story in the Trib, and asked myself, “Could it be…?” I’d like to catch up with you. Let’s find some time to talk–either in person, or by phone. I’m one of the three (or maybe four) Tom Keefes in Gurnee. Let me know if you want to get together, and we’ll figure out a way to make it happen.