What Newspaper Do You Read

[mharky]

why don't you sniff it, or is it solvent free?

[John Morris]

Curious to see that this thread has 1615 readers, but that only 89 have volunteered their newspapar reading preferences...

[bendover]

maybe thats because 89 readers have viewed it 1615 times?

or am i the dense one?

[Carnage Head]

Sorry if my subject sounds like a title of an article in the 'Society' section of 'The Guardian'...

I would like papers to have 'guest' contributors from a political or social background which may not be the accepted type in that paper. This would allow their readers to read a variety of opinions, without having to buy several papers daily. Then someone need not rely on Richard Littlejohn or Melanie Phillips (or George Monbiot or Mark Thomas , for that matter) for their intellectual diet. The government could even recommend that an upstanding citizen should include at least five 'portions' of challenging opinions in their daily political 'diet'.

Oh, and how to relate the discussion to orienteering? Why not force editors to feature a rotating sport/pastime/art/whatever 'of the day', to give the readership some chance of seeing their 'minority' sport up in lights? There may then be the chance of a monthly orienteering column, written by a doyen(ne) in the field, covering the previous month's results and gossip, and with a fixture list for the following month or so.

Does anyone reading this _work_ for a paper?

Is anyone reading this? [String course competitor seeks approval from Nopesport 'parents'.]

[Mrs H.]

I'm reading it and it's a great idea - the key would be to start local - never under estimate the power of your own local paper. when i was a young hackette I had to write the sports pages and everything - I liked to have as many sports in as possible. your sports ed will too - cultivate him - e-mail him just the odd paragraph when ever anything inteteresting (or even not interesting) happens to someone in your club - don't be shy. Newspapers need lots of little paragraphs (fillers) and if you've got an event coming up in the next few weeks tag a plug and a contact on the bottom - i think I'm right (arn't I Hocolite?) in saying i have a 100% hit rate in our local paper - i send in pics too!
the problem is people are too modest andf shy (I'm not I even got me and Miss H in the sports page winning S/B courses at the British (with pic) "Mother and Daughter do the double" - they love that stuff) with a nice -plug for a local CATI on the bottom - two families came as a result.

By the way C. H. - is everyone for Aire a vet? only the last two new nopers from your club seem to be?

[Tatty]

C.H. is an M21 Mrs. H !!! AIRE do have some youngsters - ie Supersaint.

[CHS]

and what about all the juniors who keep scooping up the prizes? RWK posts occasionly as well.

[rob f]

Becks is in aire and she isn't old, she the most youthful person i know

[HOCOLITE]

Becks is in aire and she isn't old, she the most youthful person i know

Is that youthful or useful

[Mrs H.]

C.H. is an M21 Mrs. H !!! AIRE do have some youngsters - ie Supersaint.

He he he - sorry I should have said Veterinary surgeon - check the membership list - honestly didn't mean to give offence

[Becks]

Becks is in aire and she isn't old, she the most youthful person i know

I think I should be flattered?!

[Tatty]

C.H> is a Geography teacher!!

[Mrs H.]

Groan! yes but LD and Adam Bell are both Vets (Veterinary Surgeons) and belong to aire and joined in the last few days - sorry the observation wasn't worth making. i'll shut up.

[harry]

C.H. is a bog snorkler

[Kitch]

"Mother and Daughter do the double" - they love that stuff)

especially in the Daily Sport