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This personalized editorial examines the decline in popularity of the printed newspaper. A short history is provided focusing on the large percentages of adults who read a newspaper daily and the sharp decline in recent years with only "19 percent of those eighteen and thirty-four reported consulting a daily paper" and some families even received two different papers at their home each day. Instead of reading a newspaper in the morning, people are increasingly getting their information from the internet and television, the "Daily Show" in particular. Author warns of the biases in internet blogs and sites, preferring the journalistic integrity of the newspaper. Author concludes, "little more can be said in their favor than they do not require batteries to operate, you can swat flies with them, and they can still be used to wrap fish."

Using quantitative methods Danish cannabis debate in national newspapers is investigated. The investigation shows that the most prevalent topics relate to law enforcement. Legalization has become an increasingly important topic in the Danish cannabis debate and the investigation shows a reframing of this debate to become increasingly related to concerns about organized crime. In this way the Danish cannabis legalization debate show the same development as the debates that have led to legalization certain states in the United States of America.

From 1513 to 1640, news pamphlets informed and entertained the English. Such publications have been difficult to identify and little has been written about them. More than 1,200 pamphlets were identified by reviewing entries in the Short Title Catalogue. They were then analyzed by numbers produced and subject matter. Factors that news pamphlets may share with modern news formats - including subject matter, sales methods, and newsgathering techniques - are described. Their characteristic tone is also examined. It is suggested that news pamphlets may help media historians examine what is universal about the news and what is culturally influenced.