For the record, keeping small papers alive - Forest Park Review

For the record, keeping small papers alive - Forest Park Review

While Tom Holmes is on a medical hiatus, we’re printing a few of our favorite columns from the past. Here is one by John Rice from August of 2023: I never fully understood the value of an independent weekly newspaper until I watched a PBS report on the demise of a small-town newspaper in Texas. The Canadian Record closed its doors after 132 years of covering the small town of Canadian, Texas. The loss of the newspaper was mourned by supporters a…