It's time again to clean up the place for company. Because of the museum, I understand what the industrial age was about. Back then, work was a mystical experience that engaged all the senses, wrapping together body and mind, heart and soul. A happier bunch of people you'll never see.
Newspapers struggle to attract and retain good workers.
The long-time problem of low wages and long hours is starting to change and that's great. But maybe we also ought to look at ways to recapture the body and mind connection that is part of our history and hooks us into unforgettable, shared experiences that make life meaningful. Feel the energy, smell the ink, tell visitors stories about your newspaper's history. Pair up with some of the older folks for whom the letterpress era meant a good life. If you're lucky, you'll go home with ink in your veins, too.