Comments on: Inside the Beacon

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:30:01 +0000

I thought the Beacon did a great job on High School sports this season. I would like to see more coverage on local teams such as
Green, Manchester, Akron, Coventry and Springfield.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:26:21 +0000

I meant golf. Not gold. Obviously.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:25:50 +0000

Actually, that is an interesting comment, jeda. I wonder if that's a stereotype, or if it is indeed true. What percentage of NASCAR fans read newspapers, either the old-fashioned way or online?

With respect to golf, I think you're wrong. I think there's a sizable gold audience out there reading about it.

With respect to your second paragraph, I'm afraid you're wrong again. Newspapers are eventually going to go the way of the horse and buggy. But you're absolutely right, who wants to haul electronics whenever you have to take a dump? Although, I get the sense that future generations and knockoffs of the I-Phone, or whatever that thing is called, will one day be the Beacon Journal's and every other current newspaper's best friend.

By: jeda

jeda — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:46:05 +0000

How about THIS: Less NASCAR/racing and golf stories hogging up prime space in the sports section. Geez, we're now utterly inundated with that racing stuff, and it appeals to what, 2% of your readers? NASCAR people do not READ; reason it out. You're trying to reach the wrong audience in print.

NEO is a high school sports mecca. Cutting back on it in print IN ANY WAY is only gonna hurt your readership/subscriptions. When guys go to the toilet to read, they don't take a computer with them so they can look up ohio.com. C'mon, you're a newspaper…give us something to keep readers coming back. Racing, golf and outdoorsy junk is not it.

By: The Baron

The Baron — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:17:24 +0000

I thought the Beacon's henchers did a tremendous job.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:12:26 +0000

Point well-taken, I really never considered that.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:57:18 +0000

That sort of thing might not look too good for poor old Sheldon. I'm not sure he can pull in that many friends.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:53:07 +0000

Better yet, why not simply create a Beacon Journal page on MySpace? Think of the possibilities. "Stephanie Storm has 864 friends."

By: larry d.

larry d. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:43:07 +0000

Why not just eliminate the sports page altogether? Let some kid at Revere put it all in his blog.