Journalistic Quality: International Herald Tribune
While vacationing in a remote valley of the Swiss Alps, I still want to keep up on news of the world between hiking through forests and enjoying outstanding food. And, I have been reminded of how fabulous the International Herald Tribune is as a newspaper that covers world and U.S. news. I think it is one of the world’s best remaining newspapers.
In 20 pages or less, the International Herald Tribune each day reports more stories and delivers more intelligent perspective that most American newspapers, except perhaps the New York Times. I guess that in an age when most newspapers have become little more than advertising and gossip rags, the International Herald Tribune is … well, somewhat old-fashioned. It just reports on a broad spectrum of world news and opinion. Reading those 20 pages or so, I can really learn what’s happening, whether the current bloodbath in Georgia or the latest scandal in U.S. politics or the really stupid move by Hasbro (that’s my opinion) to force Scrabulous from Facebook.
As a career writer, I think the International Herald Tribune helps to refocus on the core importance of quality journalism … an important tenet forgotten by most media in the U.S. today.
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What a beautiful location!
Thanks, my friend!
David
The trouble with IHT is that it is so darned expensive. But I guess one needs to pay for quality. I can pay a few pence for the Sun or the Mirror here in the UK, or I can pick up Metro or one of the other free papers that get handed out at train stations – and what do I get? Prejudiced rantings, not considered and independent journalism.
Even our broadsheets here in the UK show some examples of very poor journalism.
Consistently good quality journalism is a rare beast these days, so we should support it whereever we find it.