The editors of Chimes are the most talented, dedicated and passionate group of people that you could fit under one roof. You have given me more compliments and confidence than I ever deserve. I can never give you enough of my kudos. Call me crazy, but I think that we are losing something as newspapers drift further away from the New York Times and closer to USAToday. A lot of people ask me why Chimes has a World News section.
People wonder why some of our stories are so long.
I have promoted these things in order to teach students to read good newspapers. We should read and care about foreign news and how it affects our world. We should be able to read complex stories about complex issues that can't be summed up in a spiffy graphic. As Chimes editor, I have done my best to steer Chimes away from trivial journalism in order to teach our readers and writers to focus on serious events. The death of the newspaper is being predicted by just about everyone except me.