A sun of journalistic fire Young writers, editors and photographers have a lot to offer America s newspapers, and judging from the latest ASNE study, they need it By Peter Hong Newspaper editors today are bewildered by their failure to attract younger readers.
Young people don t like newspapers because newspapers don t like young people.
Coverage of young adults is infrequent and patronizing, and those in their 20s and 30s are increasingly shutout of newsrooms. It doesn t take Bob Woodward to figure out the problem. Those under 40 have less influence over the content of newspapers, hence newspapers are less credible, influential and attractive to young people. The newspaper establishment needs a wake-up call. While it sleeps, generation gaps are widening and circulation is shrinking.