Betting that Herald’s print subscribers miss arts reporting

Published 1:30 am Sunday, February 6, 2022

As a Herald subscriber and former Herald reporter, I am happy to see the addition of a food and restaurant writer to your staff.

However I am equally dismayed at the decision not hire a new arts and entertainment reporter.

My understanding is that food subjects get a lot of clicks on the Herald website, but that arts and entertainment stories do not.

It’s a shame to see decisions based on clicks, because the people interested in the arts are print subscribers who don’t normally look at the website.

I think readers have been slow to make their desires known because arts and entertainment functions were canceled at the start of the pandemic, and performances and exhibitions are still coming back.

Please, dear editor, rethink this decision. I don’t want to have to depend on other publications to get my A&E news.

Gale Fiege

Mount Vernon