Humans live, work, and play in the 50 states of America. Humans sail the seas. Humans fly the skies. And humans read online newspapers.
Prior to the World Wide Web, we watched the evening news on television or listened to the radio for current information about citizens in other cities, town, and states in the USA. Now, we can read what journalists, reporters, and columnists from various races, ethnicities, and cultures write—at the click of a button. We can read their local stories. We can read about their communities. On a local, regional, or national level humans can tune into newspapers at anytime day or night.
We can connect via the internet to read daily happenings. Humanity experiences tragedies and triumphs; goodness and evil; life and death. We relate to laughter and tears; healing and suffering; love and hate. It’s in our nature to be curious about our fellow humans. Stories impact us. Our emotions ebb and flow when a story touches our soul. And newspapers are dependable sources of information.
From US cities Abilene (Texas) to Zanesville (Ohio), we can peruse online newspapers. We have access to college newspapers and high school newspapers.
A Teacher's Guide to Using Newspapers to Enhance Language Arts Skills is an article by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation. “For teachers the newspaper offers a special attraction. It has been called the living textbook and it lives up to that name. The newspaper can be used to enhance skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, math, social studies and science. Critical thinking is the natural outgrowth of using a newspaper to learn. Unlike textbooks, which are several years outdated by the time they get into students' hands, the newspaper comes alive with information.” www.readingrockets.org/.
Human interest stories connect us to each other because we are human-centered. Cities and cultures are linked via online newspapers.
“The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold,” affirmed Henry Ward Beecher.
Newspapers carry the news of the people. Online newspapers R Us because humans R Us.
Melissa Martin is an author, columnist, educator, and therapist. She lives in Ohio.
