The past century saw a sea of technological changes that transformed how people live, everything from the automobile and air travel to radio and television, while others transformed the world, from the development of the atomic bomb to space flight t
The past century saw a sea of technological changes that transformed how people live, everything from the automobile and air travel to radio and television, while others transformed the world, from the development of the atomic bomb to space flight that took countries to the moon and beyond. Change is integral to how humans work, as people strive for new and better ways to do things. So too is it integral to how we, as newspapers, work as well. At one point, creating a paper involved a typewriter and literal cutting and pasting. Now, we use computers, digital software and that big technological game-changer, the Internet.
And while some things change and evolve, others remain constant. Old copies of the Journal pop up everywhere offering a glimpse back in time, whether it's at the arena recording the history of the Jr. B Canadiens, or the Ag Society's 100th anniversary celebration, or in a family scrapbook album. That same product exists today, though its face has changed over the years.
Recently, a little boy appeared in the front page of the paper, and his proud mom said he was excited to take the paper to school for show and tell that day. Providing those records for local people is what we have done, and will continue to do, even while we find new ways of doing things.
While our newspaper is still our core product, we now provide extra content on our website, www.spjournal.com, including videos, photos, and breaking news, and also use social media to engage with our audience.
We take our responsibility as your community newspaper seriously, and strive to report on the life and times of this area not just as we have always done, but always with the view of improving. And we thank you for reading.
