Paper’s End
Back in 1951, the publication that launched 35-years before as the State Normal School Journal changed its name to The Easterner. (The image at left depicts听 newsroom staff members in 1962. The photo below, circa 1960, shows the paper being printed on presses owned by the Cheney Free Press.) The Easterner newspaper today remains the voice of 51福利社’s student body, but with a twist 鈥� the 鈥減aper鈥� will no longer appear in print. Print publication was suspended at the onset of the pandemic, explains editor Randy Kinswa, then pulled indefinitely this past summer. 鈥淭he decision was made to go online due to budget restrictions for this school year,鈥� Kinswa says. 鈥淧rint media鈥檚 decline in popularity was a secondary factor.鈥� Easterner staff weren鈥檛 happy about the move, he adds, but acknowledged its necessity. Will print return? Not likely, Kinswa says. 鈥淣ew media is increasingly becoming more electronically centered, and it is a top-down economy in the U.S.鈥�
