Newsprint in Northern Indiana
The newsprint industry might remind those of us who are a bit older of movie images from the Victorian Era to the Great Depression of young boys in the now named newboy hats, on the corner yelling “Extra! Read all about it!” and of famous journalists like the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who broke The Watergate Scandal. For the younger set, it may be of a scant newspaper laying around Starbucks, and the constant anxiety of the Apple News updates on their iPhones and stressful hashtags across their Twitter feed. I set out to document what the newsprint medium currently looks like, in the Michiana area, with both a 35mm camera using black and white film and digital. Documenting the current state of print in the area using both the modern approach, and an approach from decades ago when typewriters and cigarette butts littered the newsroom, felt appropriate.
These photos were taken at The South Bend Tribune, the largest paper in the South Bend, Indiana area. Their main office and facility, as well their Circulation Department. The printing press photos are from The Papers, in Milford, Indiana.