The fine art of reading a newspaper

If you’re reading this article right now, I suspect chances are good you also visit one or more newspapers online. Do you read the whole thing online or just certain news items that catch your interest? If you’re like me, and I suspect many other online readers, you check out headlines and breaking news, and maybe even read through the stories listed in the main news section each day.

But I hope you also give yourself the pleasure of actually reading the hard copy version of at least one newspaper, even if just one or two times a week. There’s nothing quite like laying in bed on a rainy or snowy Sunday morning reading through the local newspaper; or savoring that first cup of morning coffee with the just-delivered newspaper.

This opinion piece from Salon.com throws out several more reasons why reading a paper you can hold in your hands is a good – even “hip” thing to do (but, sadly, also a dying art and one that so many from today’s generation will never have even had the pleasure of knowing).