http://innocuous.org/ en-us 40 Nothing To See Here comments <p>A new article from <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a> on <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/18/new-news-deconstructing-the-newspaper/">Deconstructing the Newspaper</a> really hits the nail on the head for me. I've been constantly annoyed by the <a href="http://www.annarbornews.com/">Ann Arbor News</a> for trying to be a national newspaper, trying to be all things to all people. I want a local newspaper that covers local news. I get the New York Times, and between that and the web I get plenty of national news. I depend on the AAN to give me local election coverage, tell me about upcoming local issues, etc.</p><p> Unfortunately that requires wading through a bunch of crap every day. We discontinued daily delivery because it was so much paper to throw away I felt bad about it. So now I just get the Sunday paper. But that means I miss out on about half of their reporting.</p><p> I would really like to the Ann Arbor News switch to being a weekly paper, or maybe a twice-weekly paper. Give me a paper filled with all the content I need, and none that I don't. Or just put it up on a website. I'd even pay a subscription fee for the web site if I had to.</p><p> Of course, it is pretty unlikely that a local newspaper in a small midwestern city is going to do anything particularly innovative. They seem to have ceded their web presence to <a href="http://mlive.com">MLive</a>, which does a pretty terrible job themselves.</p><p> </p> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:28:42 EST <a href="/articles/2006/01/19/deconstructing-the-ann-arbor-news">Deconstructing the Ann Arbor News</a> <a href="/articles/2006/01/19/deconstructing-the-ann-arbor-news">Deconstructing the Ann Arbor News</a>