In over four decades of being deeply entrenched in the business of words, ink, and deadlines, I thought I’d seen it all. I’ve weathered the storms of declining print subscriptions, the evolution of digital media, and the occasional misplaced comma [or typo] that provokes reader outrage. But just when I believed there were no more surprises left, a seemingly simple revelation has left me gobsmacked: I’ve only recently learned what the word ‘NEWSPAPER’ truly stands for.
Yes, it turns out that the humble, seemingly self-explanatory term ‘newspaper’ isn’t just a random collection of letters. It’s an acronym, a clever combination of words that spell out the essence of what we do: North, East, West, South, Past and Present, Event, Report.
