Yes, you should pay for the news. Here’s why.

Ann Smajstrla
7 min readJul 24, 2018

Before I dive into the meat of this story it’s important to define the terms used. I’ll use Google dictionary’s definition of “the news” as “newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.” In this piece I’m mostly referring to your local news outlets — the little papers and the network affiliate stations that mainly report on the mundane. I focus on print media because…

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Ann Smajstrla

Writer based in ATX. My passions are journalism, mental health and comedy. That pic is from when I inadvertently dressed as Rosie the Riveter. annsmajstrla.com