| Show Foreword In truth the story of Utah Press Association issidebar Shouldnon-newspaper type stray into this volume momentconsultation with Webster would reveal the definition ofsidebar is short auxiliary news story that is printed alongsidelonger article and typically presents additional contrasting or late-breaking news The longer story beside which Utah Press Association rests is the history of Utahnewspapers That report pre-dates UPA by nearly half-a-century And without it there would be no UPA The story of journalism in Utah isgood deal more important in the statehistory than is the sidebar about the 103year old trade association those newspapers created For three-quarters ofcentury until the first radio stations began transmitting voices musical sounds and considerable static there was no other way for Utahns to get news opinions advice of pending legal matters or the price ofpound of butter than by scrutinizing the pages of the many newspapers which dotted the Territory -and then the State -from north to south and east to west Television arrived nearly four decades after those first scratchy radio transmissions Each of those newspapers isstory in itself And in more than one instance book orcollegiate thesis has been written aboutspecific paper Itnot within the scope of this volume to review all that might be said about individual newspapers however In point of fact each of the long-existing publications is itself the most complete history ever compiled of the town or the area in which it has been published So it might be said with more thansmattering of accuracy that this israther dry historical treatise more informative than entertaining substantial portion of the book is simply designed to focus upon the progression of dates and names that createskeletonized history of the papers them Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
