The Hub asked Jake Doherty, former publisher of The Owen Sound Sun Times, Kingston Whig Standard and the Hamilton Spectator, about the changes in newspapers over his career. Find Part 1 of his reply here.
by John (Jake) Doherty
Leap ahead with me to my first jobs at The Spec as editorial page editor and, quite soon, to executive editor, a very exciting time as we were moving into a new plant with three large presses. Our newsroom was longer than a football field where we all learned to work on computers. Gone was the rapid fire clacking of dozens of typewriters as we approached deadlines and the visceral sense that we were literally pounding out our stories.
My boss, at that time, the late John Muir, also believed that the editor of the Spec should be seen as worldly wise against the competition from Toronto, only 40 kms down the QEW. Quite significantly, all sold their morning editions in Hamilton. Often I took a bus into work from Burlington where my family lived, and used the time to read the Globe before I reached the office.
Two important changes came quickly that had an huge impact, both on the paper and myself, changes and standards which no longer exist today as declining advertising and circulation revenue have dropped. The first one was that we began covering far more investigative stories
The Hub asked Jake Doherty, former publisher of The Owen Sound Sun Times, Kingston Whig Standard and the Hamilton Spectator, about the changes in newspapers over his career. Here is Part 1 of his reply.
By John (Jake) Doherty
To be frank, my love affair with newspapers, particularly The Sun Times is over, well almost over. I'm still a subscriber as I still enjoy a high fiber fix with my morning coffee, but when I walk through now deserted press and composing rooms I am saddened that the production jobs have gone somewhere else and the newsroom has only a few reporters and editors.
The Sun Times, of course, is not alone as most newspapers have either shrunk or ceased publication as both readers and advertisers have drifted away to television and the internet. When I finished high school in 1954, total newspaper circulation across Canada equaled about 110 per cent of households across the nation. Many readers then wanted
By Cathy Hird
A small stream runs between our house and the road. This creates a swamp on one side of the lane and a pond for ducks, frogs and turtles on the other. A culvert lets us drive across most of the year, but in the spring when rain melts snow, the flow is more than the metal tunnel can handle. We walk through the flowing water in rubber boots to the car parked on the road side of the stream.
All through our area, culverts of various sizes allow spring's overflow to
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