A guy called Ed Dale has published a reflective blog post about, among other things, Australian newsagencies, print, the demise of Borders bookstores. he talks lovingly about a newsagency in Beechworth (now newsXpress Beechworth). I encourage newsagents to read this as it speaks to the role we have played and often play in people’s lives today.
The Australian newsagency is important to the fabric of our country. This is more obvious in rural and regional situations. It is also true in suburban situations. We do not embrace and promote this importance as we should. I tried to connect with this when I wrote the newsagent TV commercial in 2008.
There are plenty of stories like Ed’s yet we do not collect and uphold these. We should.
Thanks to Paul Wallbank for pointing me to this blog post.