I was a subscriber in the past; had unsubscribed during routine iterations of my online subscriptions piling up and subsequently having to cull, but I'm glad to be back.
Just last week I bought my 18yo high school senior a subscription! She loves it and that makes happy. She plans on journalism as her major so I view this as a guide on how things should be done.
Might I suggest that she take one or two "journalism" classes, but major in something STEM-like to gain critical thinking skills. She can always write for the student paper, a blog, etc., to practice writing and build a resume. Journalism courses are likely to warp her in ways that reading TFP won't outweigh.
Whoohoo! This is great! May common sense spread like a dirty little underground secret.
I never in my life imagined that it would be easier to make jokes out of the left than my hokey, conservative upbringing. Let me tell ya (in my thickest midwestern accent), this trad family can spin some fine jokes around the table over tuna hot dish.
Bari et al, have you considered working with supportive alumni of various colleges/universities to sponsor a large block of free subscriptions at their institutions? Although I imagine pledging the money would be much easier than dealing with the institutions.
Well, we can always send gift subscriptions to friends/family! I gifted month subscriptions to a couple people, and they both chose to renew on their own.
I am grateful to have received my degree 32 years ago, I used to feel a twinge of jealously for the advancements of technology in education but realize I would not have received the exceptional education I was granted.
I hope many college students take advantage of your offer, your publication is critical for the future.
Great idea! Now, how about the professors and administrators? They're the "adults in charge" who institutionalized this mess.
They've already done this promo. I'm on it.
Good to hear! Just curious, would you have otherwise subscribed?
I was a subscriber in the past; had unsubscribed during routine iterations of my online subscriptions piling up and subsequently having to cull, but I'm glad to be back.
Oh man I can sooooo relate
Given the salaries I'm seeing at the Big 10 university I work for, they can afford to pay for a subscription ;-)
Just last week I bought my 18yo high school senior a subscription! She loves it and that makes happy. She plans on journalism as her major so I view this as a guide on how things should be done.
Edward R. Murrow and H. L. Mencken never took a journalism class and were giants in the journalism world. I could name more.
https://www.azquotes.com/author/9962-H_L_Mencken
You don't need a journalism degree. Just start writing.
Thank you for the link. I didn’t know he was the source of so many memorable lines (all caustic and all cynical, of course!).
This one fits compro:
"It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron."
H. L. Mencken
I read a book about Walter Cronkite and he was also a reporter with great integrity.
Might I suggest that she take one or two "journalism" classes, but major in something STEM-like to gain critical thinking skills. She can always write for the student paper, a blog, etc., to practice writing and build a resume. Journalism courses are likely to warp her in ways that reading TFP won't outweigh.
Journalism classes, isn't that the same as indoctrination, brainwashing classes?
It is nowadays, apparently.
Why not high school students?
Might consider this but college is a good first step. Given the destructive indoctrination going on in grade school, the earlier the better.
I have eternal gratitude for The Free Press and all of our open dialogue.
Whoohoo! This is great! May common sense spread like a dirty little underground secret.
I never in my life imagined that it would be easier to make jokes out of the left than my hokey, conservative upbringing. Let me tell ya (in my thickest midwestern accent), this trad family can spin some fine jokes around the table over tuna hot dish.
What a stunning idea! Allow our college students to actually THINK !!
How about for bald, business professors? Can we not get a little love? 😄
I want to buy some gift subscriptions to The Free Press. But can’t find anyway to do that. Can someone direct me?
Hi Jeanne! I believe you can use this link to pay for gift subs: https://www.thefp.com/subscribe?gift=true
I just ordered 5 gift subscriptions.
Thank you so much, Suzy.
Good idea.
Bari et al, have you considered working with supportive alumni of various colleges/universities to sponsor a large block of free subscriptions at their institutions? Although I imagine pledging the money would be much easier than dealing with the institutions.
Just forwarded it to my daughter at Illinois State and my nephew at Purdue!
Love this! Great idea.
Great idea but make your audience bigger and wider . Free to all students .
Excellent. And if you hand out the first 1K subscriptions quickly, consider expanding to 10K free subs. Or more. :-)
Unfortunately (or is that fortunately?), none of the young people in my circle who might be interested in this are college students.
Well, we can always send gift subscriptions to friends/family! I gifted month subscriptions to a couple people, and they both chose to renew on their own.
I am grateful to have received my degree 32 years ago, I used to feel a twinge of jealously for the advancements of technology in education but realize I would not have received the exceptional education I was granted.
I hope many college students take advantage of your offer, your publication is critical for the future.
This is outstanding.