While I am assured that at one point news was delivered in person, and later in print, it seems that these days in order for a newspaper to survive it must find its way online. It is in some ways a sad time for those of us who relish the feel of newsprint and who remember a time when crowded newsrooms were the site of whistle-blowing. Indeed, there was a time when the print media worked in tandem with public suspicion to keep society's ills in check, if only for brief periods of time. There was credibility and respect inherent to being a newsman, and every businessman's fingers were kept just a little cleaner because of the newsman's hound dog approach. Now, however, the influx of 'net-based news has made it ever so easy to slip into mainstream consciousness free from the rigours of bias-check. Day after day, millions login to PerezHilton.com or get their daily fix on The Daily Show and while neither claims to represent centrist media opinion, they are legitimated by their followers.
To this end, perhaps now in reflective angst (!), I present you with our website, www.campusfreepress.com, the only destination for news on campus at Nipissing University and Canadore College. It's a work in progress, sure, but it's also our way of telling you that "we get it," -- we understand the difficulty in keeping up with our print stuff. So please bookmark The Campus Free Press and keep us in mind for your news needs, because we keep YOU in mind when writing. It's our hope to discuss the topics which involve you, or which don't involve you and SHOULD. We want to be your outlet for discussion about social life, athletics, accessibility, pop culture and, above all else, academia.
Enjoy!
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