It’s been nearly two months since I last had a relaxing Sunday morning with coffee and a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal (WISJ).  Thus yesterday morning I decided to rectify that.  While flipping through my local Madison newspaper, I had a couple observations – some good and some just confusing.

Masthead issues. Am I the only one that looks at this picture and thinks the sections are from two different publications? Both come from the Sunday WISJ.  Not sure if one is a new design and the other old, but it looks extremely unprofessional. Seriously, I would love to know what is going on with this.

One sports section. Ever since I started reading the WISJ, they’ve had a 2-part sports section. It’s not like the second section actually added anything – it was only 4 pages – thus I questioned its existence.  I was happy to find a single (thick) sports section in this weeks paper.  Finally, thank you WISJ.

Cartoons for old people. The comic section of a newspaper is a time machine that transports readers back to the 1980’s.  I remember Rex Morgan M.D., Hagar the Horrible, and Garfield in the paper when I was a kid.  Blondie launched in 1930 – before either of my parents were born.  The Family Circus hasn’t been funny since 1992 (unless you read The Nietzsche Family Circus, which is wonderful).

Anything bug you about your local newspaper? Sound off in the comments.