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My father works at the Denver Rocky Mountain News as an Editor, and has been a journalist since 1972.
I think none of us know what the far reaching implications of losing this medium are. If we can lose printed journalism in a few years, what other parts of our lives will be replaced by bigger, better (yet less tangible) systems? 
The incredible archival abilities of the internet, and its role in breaking news are worth cultivating.  
but I can sum up my reluctance with one phrase. remember the expression "Yellowed Journalism"? writing that is so good you kept the article and the piece itslef yellowed with time.
This was one of the many things my father showed me about his job, one of the things he enjoyed as he posted articles to our bulletin board. Is there a digital equivalent for this lasting, aging and poetic form of storytelling?

And there is no place for my father, all the new page designers, reporters and photographers planning their lives and families around this tangible object we're funneling to a screen.

I think we are losing our connection with the stories, and it will change more than just what format we read our news.

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