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AMARILLO<\/strong> — The late Gene Howe, one-time publisher of the Amarillo Globe-Times, coined a phrase that ought to become the credo for every media organization that is still standing.<\/p>\n

It is engraved on the side of the newspaper building and it reads: A newspaper can be forgiven for lack of wisdom but never for lack of courage.<\/em><\/p>\n

The newspaper no longer occupies the building you see with this post and they have torn down the sign denoting the company that operated there for decades.<\/p>\n

I drove by a couple of times this weekend and I was filled with sadness at the emptiness of the space. Some windows have been broken and they have put plywood in the sills to keep the weather out.<\/p>\n

The company that owns what is left of the newspaper moved the few remaining staffers out of there a few years ago. They work in a bank tower in the downtown district. I haven’t had the guts to darken the office’s door since they moved in. I don’t know what I would say. No one there would care that I once worked for the paper, running an opinion section that used to provide daily commentary on issues important to the community.<\/p>\n

They do not have an opinon section any longer. Commentary? Leadership? Courage? Pffttt!<\/em> It’s all gone, man!<\/p>\n

A new dynamic now fills the void left by the virtual demise of the daily newspaper. The Internet is the medium of choice. Newspapers such as the one where I worked joyfully for nearly 18 years haven’t\u00a0 yet figured out how to compete in this new age. Certainly not the parent company that once ran the Globe-News. The Morris Communication brain trust<\/em> — and I use the term with caution — gave up the fight and sold the papers for a song to another company.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what will become of the building that once symbolized a great media organization. I won’t lose any sleep over it. Still, seeing that engraved message on the side of a building where such words meant someting important does leave me wistful.<\/p>\n

And, yes … quite sad.<\/p>\n\n

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