Opinion

Eric Freedman is a journalism professor at Michigan State University and director of Capital News Service.

Eric Freedman is a journalism professor at Michigan State University and director of Capital News Service.

Journalists face news industry turbulence

Eric Freedman
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
LANSING These are tough times for American journalists. Traditional newspaper, magazine and broadcast station staffs are shrinking. News outlets are cutting back on coverage, merging companies or – most drastically – folding.
Ross Elevator in Beaverton was constructed on 1902. This photo appears to have been taken shortly afterward. As the end of the logging era loomed, Ron Ross recognized that area farmers would need an outlet to get their products to the rest of the world. He made the investment at great personal risk, but it paid off. FROM THE COLLECTION OF VELMA ROSS DAMOTH

Ross Elevator in Beaverton was constructed on 1902. This photo appears to have been taken shortly afterward. As the end of the logging era loomed, Ron Ross recognized that area farmers would need an outlet to get their products to the rest of the world. He made the investment at great personal risk, but it paid off. FROM THE COLLECTION OF VELMA ROSS DAMOTH

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | ROSS ELEVATOR

News Staff
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
A LOOK BACK IN TIME | ROSS ELEVATOR

EDITOR’S INBOX

News Staff
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Election laws To the Editor: Governor Whitmer in July signed off on several bills that will seriously change our election laws.
MOMENTS IN TIME

MOMENTS IN TIME

MOMENTS IN TIME

News Staff
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
■ On Sept. 18, 1769, John Harris, a spinet and harpsichord maker from Boston, completed the first spinet piano to be made in America. Upon its debut, the Boston Gazette averred that the instrument “in every respect does honour to that artist.” ■ On Sept.

EDITOR’S INBOX

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Inflation Reduction Act To the Editor: You may have heard some talk about the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the Biden Administration and just recently enacted. What I want to know is, what does it mean to me; to us in Gladwin County? I went looking for answers.
John Dempsey, said to be 12-years-old, working in the mule-spinning room at Jackson Mill, Fiskeville, R.I. in 1909. PHOTO BY LEWIS WICKES HINE FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE

John Dempsey, said to be 12-years-old, working in the mule-spinning room at Jackson Mill, Fiskeville, R.I. in 1909. PHOTO BY LEWIS WICKES HINE FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE

We can’t let history repeat itself

Michael Lazzeri
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Over 100 years ago, the National Child Labor Committee used photos of children doing industrial work to demand change in America. Several states adopted child labor laws, and after much debate and several setbacks, the Fair Labor Standards Act became law in 1938.
MOMENTS IN TIME

MOMENTS IN TIME

MOMENTS IN TIME

News Staff
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
On Sept. 11, 1885, British author, essayist and poet D.H. Lawrence made his debut on the world stage.

EDITOR’S INBOX

News Staff
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
To the Editor: Greetings to all, Today I congratulate all the August 8 voters, people prepared to declare how they wanted or did not want their taxes to be used for the common good.
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