The future of newspapers: Tufts professor Sol Gittleman remains optimistic

In his recent commencement speech at Tufts University... [this blogger's alma mater by the way, Tufts 1971, when I was young and still had hair on my head and a heart that was not ready yet for the heart attack that came its way 40 years later -- OUCH! on stents and meds now! --].... popular professor Sol Gittleman told the graduating students in June 2010:

Nothing can help as much as education, now that you know what it is. Keep studying.

Read a good newspaper every morning, and don’t be the generation that oversaw the end of print journalism.

For all of your four years here you had a good newspaper delivered into your hands. [Probably the Boston Globe, I assume.]

E-news is cheap and available, but there is a unique pleasure in drinking a cup of coffee and folding a newspaper over your bagel.

Yes, there are iPhones, iPads, the Internet, Google, Wiki, web activism, Twitter that tweets, Facebook, Kindle and Amazon, all providing access to e-books and electronic short cuts and more economical access to reading material; but here you were also taught to read books and articles that you held in your hand. The web is wonderful; advancements in communications will be spectacular in your lifetimes; but a book in your hand, turning a page, is still a miracle.


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http://news.tufts.edu/features/commencement2010/gittleman