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Ohio
neighbors connect via newspapers
By Melissa Martin
What’s happening in the 88 counties in Ohio? What’s going on in Ohio’s
cities, suburbs and rural towns? North, South, East, West, and Central
Ohio—what’s the state and local news?
Via the internet by way of online newspapers or by print newspapers,
Ohioans can reach out and read about each other. Consistent
communication connects citizens.
The Ohio News Media Association (ONMA) was established in 1933 as the
Ohio Newspaper Association. ONMA represents all of Ohio’s daily and
weekly newspapers. The Ohio News Media Foundation was formed by ONMA
members in 1976. The Foundation’s mission is to achieve the highest
standards of excellence and professionalism in journalism and newspaper
publishing through research and educational activities.
www.ohionews.org/.
“The State of Ohio is made up of 88 counties, and each county has its
own unique story as to how it was created and named. While many of
Ohio's counties were named after presidents, Native Americans or key
figures from the American Revolution, some are named after faraway
regions such as Lorraine, France.” Read the history behind the names of
Ohio’s 88 counties at www.cleveland.com/.
Adams, Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens. Auglaize. What are your local
news stories today?
Belmont, Brown, Butler. What’s the latest?
Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Columbiana, Coshocton,
Crawford, Cuyahoga. What’s the word?
Darke, Defiance, Delaware. What’s shaking?
Erie. How’s the weather and water?
Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton. What’s the hubbub?
Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey. What’s the exciting information?
Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Highland, Hocking, Holmes,
Huron. What’s the hullabaloo?
Jackson, Jefferson. What’s on your front page?
Knox. Whassup?
Lake, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Lucas. What’s in your Business
section?
Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Meigs, Mercer, Miami, Monroe,
Montgomery, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum...
What’s up in your neck of the woods?
Noble, Ottawa. What are your reporters investigating?
Paulding, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Portage, Preble, Putnam. What’s your
headline of the week?
Richland, Ross. What’s on the sport’s page?
Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Shelby, Stark, Summit. Any eye-opening
editorial columns?
Trumbull, Tuscarawas. Any out of the ordinary lifestyle articles?
Union, Van Wert, Vinton. Who, what, when, and where?
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot. Any
attention-grabbing opinion articles?
Snow or rain? Quiet or chaos? Births or funerals? Weddings or divorces?
Politicians, pastors, or police—what’s the story? Saints and
sinners—what’s the scoop? From youngsters to oldsters—what’s the daily
headlines?
Newspapers contain snapshots of the day—national news and local news.
People information. Human interest accounts. Every person is a story
and has a story; narratives composed of happenings and memories in
seconds, minutes, hours, weeks, months, years. Moments that blend in
and moments that stand out. What happens between birth and death is my
unique story and yours as well. Humans are living calendars. The
written word wears our achievement and misfortune.
Events are captured in newspapers—individual time capsules of language.
Newspapers are records of humanity’s triumphs and tragedies; successes
and failures; tales of the best of times and tales of the worst of
times. History is remembered in newspapers.
The Ohio History Connection has digitized over 415,000 pages of Ohio
newspapers through its participation in the National Digital Newspaper
Program. This content is freely-available at Chronicling America.
Partnerships between the Ohio History Connection and local institutions
have made additional titles freely-available on Ohio Memory. These Ohio
Memory titles comprise over 400,000 pages of content.
www.ohiohistoryhost.org/.
Connect with your Ohio neighbors via online newspapers. And put
National Newspaper Week on your calendar for October 6, 2019. Freedom
of the press in the United States is protected by the First Amendment
to the United States Constitution.
“He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species,” declared
P. T. Barnum.
Melissa Martin, Ph.D., is an author, columnist, and educator. She lives
in Southern Ohio.
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