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Show THE STRENGTH OF THE WEEKLY PAPER Of late years there has been a growing realization of " the permanent value of the community newspaper. Those who read them have always realized their worth. But time was when those who viewed from afar were inclined to look with disdain upon the weekly press as compared with : the daily, particularly the large city daily. It cannot be wholly accidental that during the past decade there have been so many articles in the national magazines and so many studies which call attention to the -growth, both in size and influence, of the community newspaper. news-paper. The great daily newspapers of the cities have been forced to give more and more of their space to national and international affairs. Their readers have demanded this coverage. These dailies have responded to the demand with thoroughness and intelligence. Today they are printing more and better news of the world at large than ever before in the history of .journalism. But because of this very development the town and . countryside news has had to be neglected. Side by side with the demand for national and international news is that for knowledge of one's friends, one's acquaintances, one's neighbors. This is the particular field of the community weekly, and it is in the fulfilling of this demand neglected ' by the dailies that it has risen to new heights of achievement. achieve-ment. It is doubtful if the country publishers have availed . themselves of their opportunities even yet. The community commun-ity newspaper is destined to enlarge its audience steadily, thereby inevitably increasing its own stability and influence. It is no longer a choice between the city daily and the community com-munity weekly. Readers need both. |