DFP

[roversdude]

How lazy has the journalism got at DFP, looks as though they are just rehashing anything that mentions Rovers

[Dagenham Rover]

Maybe Liam's just feeding them old news

[arkseyrover]

Since local journalism was taken over by Johnson Press their method of cheap reporting is based totally on recycling old news they pick up from facebook, twitter, their sister publications and old stories of their own. As you say it is lazy reporting. They have killed off what was once a proud and responsible profession.

[GazLaz]

Since local journalism was taken over by Johnson Press their method of cheap reporting is based totally on recycling old news they pick up from facebook, twitter, their sister publications and old stories of their own. As you say it is lazy reporting. They have killed off what was once a proud and responsible profession.

It’s all about creating as much content as possible as they get paid by the click.

[pib]

It’s got the whiff of an institution in trouble to me. Could be wrong but from what I observe they’ve just laid off a load of reporters and the editor, and are ever more reliant on clicks to generate ad revenue from click-baity articles. One would assume circulation of the paper itself is a fraction of what it used to be.

[EasyforDennis]

It’s got the whiff of an institution in trouble to me. Could be wrong but from what I observe they’ve just laid off a load of reporters and the editor, and are ever more reliant on clicks to generate ad revenue from click-baity articles. One would assume circulation of the paper itself is a fraction of what it used to be.

Unfortunately local newspapers are a dying breed. Sales of print media go down each year and I will be surprised if the DFP is still around in the next few years.

[BobG]

Local press has been dying for 20 years. It's dying from the net, from social media  and from changes in lifestyles. Several years ago now Johnson Press thought they could buy up lots of local papers, massively cut costs through redundancies, new technology and new ways of working, and, make profits. The evidence suggests their optimism was misplaced.

BobG

[roversdude]

Think you are right it definitely seems to be in trouble

[Sammy Chung was King]

It hasn’t been much of a read for many years. The rovers section in it, is for me the only reason I would buy it. Piled with adverts, nothing for sale in that section of the paper. I used to buy it every week, I don’t any more. It was thriving at one point when it was based at Sunny bar. A shame but it looks to be on its way out.

[roversdude]

I can remember the days delivering papers when I used to hate Thursday’s DFP and was it The Gazette?

[idler]

I remember in the 60s and 70s it was massive. The cars and homes sections were full and the local clubs section was about four pages.
That was before you had the local adverts and stories. I always used to buy it after I left Donny but came back for the Rovers and to visit family. It was a proper paper then.

[foxbat]

it's sad , not just Donny though. The Johnson formula unfortunately resulted in pretty poor content which was self defeating. . Internet as well.

[Donnywolf]

I can remember the days delivering papers when I used to hate Thursday’s DFP and was it The Gazette?

Yes .... Ugh Free Press day ... Pulled shoulder each week lol

Was tremendous paper though ... People reputed to get theirs in Donny late on Weds and got to best bargains

Was like a local ebay  lol

[RoversAlias]

Print news media is almost dead really, it is an old habit of people's and I'd say in 10-20 years when more of those who grew up with a daily paper are no longer around, the print editions will go with them.

[graingrover]

I would guess that in the early 1960´s the Sheffield Green Un would sell between 150 to 200,000 copies every Saturday night .All the regional teams match reports would be in the first edition that I was able to buy at Christ Church bus station before getting the bus home to Dunscroft after a home match and that no more than an hour after  the final whistle .On away match nights the vendor would have several hundred copies that he sold on his Broadway walk and folk would listen out for his piercing cry Sheffield Green Un all your Saturday’s  football .No match of the day on TV of course so it was our best window on the world of football .

[rover-n-out]

Graingrover, did you spot the Rovers result on your image? Manchester City 3-3 Doncaster Rovers. If only!!!

[roversdude]

Graingrover, did you spot the Rovers result on your image? Manchester City 3-3 Doncaster Rovers. If only!!!

2-0 down at half time too

[graingrover]

And of course we went one better at home thanks to our Magician Doherty .
Doncaster Rovers v Manchester City, 07 October 1950

Score   4-3 to Doncaster Rovers
Competition   League Division Two
Attendance   32,937

[graingrover]

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/doncaster-v-manchester-city-195051/

[scawsby steve]

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/doncaster-v-manchester-city-195051/

Thanks for that, Graing. Fantastic article.

[EasyforDennis]

Print news media is almost dead really, it is an old habit of people's and I'd say in 10-20 years when more of those who grew up with a daily paper are no longer around, the print editions will go with them.

It will be a much nearer than that.

[Sammy Chung was King]

It’s a shame I used to buy the free press every week, the star a few times a week, a national every day, then the green un. Enjoyed having them in paper form rather than the internet. Just not enough in them worth reading now.

[drfchound]

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/doncaster-v-manchester-city-195051/

Great link grainge.
That game was played a couple of years before I was born but reading it, with a bit of imagination and knowledge of the staging of it, I could almost have been there.

[DonnyOsmond]

It’s a shame I used to buy the free press every week, the star a few times a week, a national every day, then the green un. Enjoyed having them in paper form rather than the internet. Just not enough in them worth reading now.

Plus you can now get the same information for free and in a more convenient way online. I don't think I know a single person under 40 who buys newspapers, it's the right thing for them to die but there is definitely still a place for local news online.

[drfchound]

I haven’t bought a newspaper for around thirty years, possibly more.

[idler]

I buy Sundays only now unless I’m going away for a break or flying. I enjoy relaxing and reading on a Sunday and doing the crosswords.
They are getting thinner and thinner though and a lot of the early pages are filled with scandal and wannabes craving fame at every turn.

[BobG]

Not sure I agree online news is "more convenient" DO. Unreliablely available for a start for those who don't live in metropoli. Is that the plural?!

BobG

[Janso]

I buy Sundays only now unless I’m going away for a break or flying. I enjoy relaxing and reading on a Sunday and doing the crosswords.
They are getting thinner and thinner though and a lot of the early pages are filled with scandal and wannabes craving fame at every turn.

Maybe worth investing in a crossword book?

[elmsallrover]

Remember buying the star every night then using the paper the next day to start a coal fire

[Goldthorperover]

My nans been in the donny free press this week it was the old girls 105th birthday yesterday. It blows my mind to think she was born during world war 1, was 22 when world war 2 started and was 49 when england won the world cup. Not really anything to do with whats been said on here but just thought id mention it.