Tufts professor to 2010 graduates: "Read a good newspaper every morning....."

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

Sol Gittleman, Tufts professor, at 2010 commencement:

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. 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.