Soldiers and sailors in small-town papers
One of the things I like about reading small-town newspapers (I read two weeklies where I live in Maine, and follow the websites of two other papers) is the short stories about members of the community who have gone off to the military.
One of the things I like about reading small-town newspapers (I read two weeklies where I live in Maine, and follow the websites of two other papers) is the short stories about members of the community who have gone off to the military. I used to see this also when I lived near D.C. and did a lot of whitewater kayaking in the Appalachians.
One of the things I like about reading small-town newspapers (I read two weeklies where I live in Maine, and follow the websites of two other papers) is the short stories about members of the community who have gone off to the military. I used to see this also when I lived near D.C. and did a lot of whitewater kayaking in the Appalachians.
I know these are essentially press releases, but I like them because they provide some basic facts — when they left town, what they are doing, sometimes a quote about the military. They show someone going off and succeeding. They make a connection between a remote place and service to the nation. And they highlight someone who may never have been in the paper before.
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Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. X: @tomricks1
