“Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.”
–Adlai E. Stevenson
"I think it interesting that certain professions, perhaps recognized in an ethereal sense as laudable, are pilloried in the practical. Journalism, unfortunately, often bears this scarlet moniker in the public’s mind," writes Bryan Gottleib, the new editor of the Metro Times.
The late Adlai Stevenson, former governor of Illinois, two-time Democratic presidential nominee, ambassador to the United Nations — and whose quote up top about newspaper editors is one of my favorites — encapsulates the sentiment of many with some pithy wit.
And yet, the closer a newspaper is with its audience, the more hyper-local its focus, the more proprietary readers feel toward it; and the more it is revered and valued. This is, in my opinion, why readers love Metro Times.
