Local News

[Wondering]

McDowell County News showing up in Citizen Times and not in local paper? The guy that was arrested in Marion for molesting a three year old child....in Citizen Times today, the accident on Ashworth this morning, same. Why?

[Election Results]

Because there are NO true reporters on staff at the McDowell News. They are a bunch of 9-5, M-F type of office workers. They will not take a Press Release and they will not come out to a function after 5:00. Not a "true" newspaper, but great for cleaning up dog sh*t.

[City slicker]

Sounds like you hit the nail on the head. Only thing good about the McDowell News is the width of paper, wider than a page of Sears & Roebuck. And think about it FIFTY cents. Ha!

[Holly Fields]

But, we have the bloodhound reporter.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? ARF, ARF ARF

Plenty of old topic posts discussing the award winning newspaper we have here in the fair McDowell County.

[livermushhead]

I use the Mcdowell news for my out house that is all its good for if that.

[rusty shackelford]

livermushhead wrote:

I use the Mcdowell news for my out house that is all its good for if that.

i roll mine up and hit livermushhead with it.

[livermushhead]

you have no idea who your f.....ng with crusty

[rusty shackelford]

ooooh im shakin shut up punk or ill have you banned again.yeeeeea boy.

[Parental Guidance]

Election Results wrote:

Because there are NO true reporters on staff at the McDowell News. They are a bunch of 9-5, M-F type of office workers. They will not take a Press Release and they will not come out to a function after 5:00. Not a "true" newspaper, but great for cleaning up dog sh*t.

I must agree with you about the McDowell News. I still get it often, mainly out of habit and due to the fact it is all we have. But, it is a joke of a newspaper.

[Election Results]

I read the McDowell News after I read the Wall Street Journal since the Journal doen't have comics.

[livermushhead]

crusty shackelford please leave the boyz alone at the rest area twinky your game is getting old now ban that s,,ht gay boy ban me i will just come back and punk your weak ass

[idiot proof]

livermushhead wrote:

crusty shackelford please leave the boyz alone at the rest area twinky your game is getting old now ban that s,,ht gay boy ban me i will just come back and punk your weak ass

Your an idiot!!! Quit sitting there playing with your little pecker and get a life. Or better yet, crawl off somewhere and die...you waterhead.

[whiplash]

livermushhead wrote:

I use the Mcdowell news for my out house that is all its good for if that.

struggling there ain'tcha "watermushhead"...yo u idiot. What the hell you do'in buying a newspaper when you can barely read. Roll that newspaper up and choke on it (after you've wiped with it of course).

[Emily Post]

Election Results wrote:

Because there are NO true reporters on staff at the McDowell News. They are a bunch of 9-5, M-F type of office workers. They will not take a Press Release and they will not come out to a function after 5:00. Not a "true" newspaper, but great for cleaning up dog sh*t.

The quality of a newspaper depends on many factors. I know this first-hand because I worked in the newspaper industry for 10 years ... The McDowell News being one of the places I worked. I speak, as you might say, from experience.

The McDowell News is not locally owned. It is owned by General Media. The difference between locally owned and corporate-owned plays a large part in how a newspaper is operated. Still, it comes down to very basic factors. The first is always money. Producing a newspaper has many layers. There are literally thousands of money-demanding steps involved in getting a newspaper to the newsstand or mailbox. A newspaper is primarily funded by two factors: advertising and sales.

As technology has progressed, the internet has cut deeply into advertising revenues. Many companies no longer advertise in newspapers. They have websites, facebook, Twitter, YouTube, direct-marketing and many other resources to attract customers to their businesses. Many huge newspapers have closed their doors this past year because of loss in advertising revenue - examples being the Rocky Mountain News, the Baltimore Examiner. Even the Sun News of Myrtle Beach, SC is scheduled to close in 2010. Without advertising dollars to fund them they cannot produce many pages. Fewer pages mean less news. Less news means fewer readers, which leads into loss of subscriptions and sales. For years, people bought subscriptions or picked up a copy from a rack. Subscriptions and per-copy-sales have substantially dropped as more homes got internet service. Simple economy - why buy one when you can get internet or cable TV for news?

As is a natural but unfortunate chain reaction of this lowered income, newspapers cannot employ as many people; or more experienced people. And they are indeed everyday people just like you and I. They do their jobs as we do ours. If you are not paid to work more than your "9-5" then you do not work, do you? These people have lives, too. They have husbands, wives, children, pets, hobbies & interests, friends, and all the other external things that every person has. Should they be expected to attend a meeting or event, held after their 8 hr work day or 40 hr work week, if they are not financially compensated? Would you? Should they be expected to sacrifice their lives because they work for the newspaper?

Also, as I briefly mentioned earlier, the quality of employees has decreased. Highly qualified employees are not attracted with a low salary. A college degree usually means one can expect more than a high school graduate. While I'm not saying the employees of The McDowell News are not college graduates (I do not know their educational backgrounds), it is the difference between working at a law firm and a convenience store.

In regards to employees, particularly newspaper reporters, the truth is, people are not interested in working in the newspaper industry any longer. It is a dinosaur, like cassette tapes to the iPod. It isn't a dream to grow up and be an "ace reporter" for the New York Times. Being on TV or YouTube has the greater appeal.

[Emily Post]

Election Results wrote:

Because there are NO true reporters on staff at the McDowell News. They are a bunch of 9-5, M-F type of office workers. They will not take a Press Release and they will not come out to a function after 5:00. Not a "true" newspaper, but great for cleaning up dog sh*t.

The quality of a newspaper depends on many factors. I know this first-hand because I worked in the newspaper industry for 10 years ... The McDowell News being one of the places I worked. I speak, as you might say, from experience.

The McDowell News is not locally owned. It is owned by General Media. The difference between locally owned and corporate-owned plays a large part in how a newspaper is operated. Still, it comes down to very basic factors. The first is always money. Producing a newspaper has many layers. There are literally thousands of money-demanding steps involved in getting a newspaper to the newsstand or mailbox. A newspaper is primarily funded by two factors: advertising and sales.

As technology has progressed, the internet has cut deeply into advertising revenues. Many companies no longer advertise in newspapers. They have websites, facebook, Twitter, YouTube, direct-marketing and many other resources to attract customers to their businesses. Many huge newspapers have closed their doors this past year because of loss in advertising revenue - examples being the Rocky Mountain News, the Baltimore Examiner. Even the Sun News of Myrtle Beach, SC is scheduled to close in 2010. Without advertising dollars to fund them they cannot produce many pages. Fewer pages mean less news. Less news means fewer readers, which leads into loss of subscriptions and sales. For years, people bought subscriptions or picked up a copy from a rack. Subscriptions and per-copy-sales have substantially dropped as more homes got internet service. Simple economy - why buy one when you can get internet or cable TV for news?

As is a natural but unfortunate chain reaction of this lowered income, newspapers cannot employ as many people; or more experienced people. And they are indeed everyday people just like you and I. They do their jobs as we do ours. If you are not paid to work more than your "9-5" then you do not work, do you? These people have lives, too. They have husbands, wives, children, pets, hobbies & interests, friends, and all the other external things that every person has. Should they be expected to attend a meeting or event, held after their 8 hr work day or 40 hr work week, if they are not financially compensated? Would you? Should they be expected to sacrifice their lives because they work for the newspaper?

Also, as I briefly mentioned earlier, the quality of employees has decreased. Highly qualified employees are not attracted with a low salary. A college degree usually means one can expect more than a high school graduate. While I'm not saying the employees of The McDowell News are not college graduates (I do not know their educational backgrounds), it is the difference between working at a law firm and a convenience store.

The truth is, people are not interested in working in the newspaper industry any longer. It is a dinosaur, like cassette tapes to the iPod. It isn't a dream to grow up and be an "ace reporter" for the New York Times. Being on TV or YouTube has the greater appeal.

[livermushhead]

whip lash, idiot proof and crusty I think of you everytime I am in my out house and wipe my a...s with the mcdowell news and look what I have given birth to in the toliet I just wont to name the little t..ds after you hehehehehehe sinners.............

[Foul Odeur]

Now that's funny...a turd birthing baby turds.

[Election Results]

Emily Post: YAWN

Your dissertation is full of holes. But since you
"know" the news industry; I don't need to tell you.

Reported to you by Arse #1 reporter...after 5:00. Anyone ever heard of overtime or comp time? Hmmmm

[G-Dawg]

Election Results wrote:

Emily Post: YAWN
Your dissertation is full of holes. But since you
"know" the news industry; I don't need to tell you.
Reported to you by Arse #1 reporter...after 5:00. Anyone ever heard of overtime or comp time? Hmmmm

I agree with everything that Emily has to say because I worked for Media General (not General Media) at The News Herald in Morganton. So results....Where and what are the holes that you claim are in her dissertion?

[Parental Guidance]

G-Dawg wrote:

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I agree with everything that Emily has to say because I worked for Media General (not General Media) at The News Herald in Morganton. So results....Where and what are the holes that you claim are in her dissertion?

Buying the McDowell News is like buying a lottery ticket....not much chance you're going to have anything once you do, but it is mainly out of habit. The McD News is nothing more than a trading post. Nothing but ads and very little real news or articles.