Joplin Globe

I’m so glad to still have a local newspaper. I think it’s so sad that a lot of towns are losing their hometown newspapers. I don’t know how I could get along without my paper. I know we’re struggling, but I sure hope we never lose it. The only complaint I have is that the stories on the front page are continued to page 2. That’s a lot of flipping back and forth. They should be continued to the back page. I think this happened when Tulsa started printing The Joplin Globe.

I really appreciate the ease of navigability of the app. The icons are clear, not too touchy. Best of all you allow me to easily share your great content with others without a paywall. Thank you, thank you for providing excellent local content and balanced national and world coverage. Keep up the good work.

Not faint praise -- just a fact. It's not the NY Times nor The Economist, but then their "content delivery" budgets dwarf the Globe's resources. Compared to other mid-market newspapers, this is more intuitive, stable & responsive that most. Obviously, no flashy app can make up for the lack of decent content, and in that area, the Globe is a shining star. (I'll give it 6 stars out of 5.) As a part-time resident, I rely on the Globe to provide a daily immersion into the Joplin world. It does that very, very well. THANKS! (For comparison, the Daily Herald, a Chicago-area paper, with 10 times(?) the readership, is also an excellent newspaper. While it has steadily improved its app, it still has glitches that the Globe never had, or overcame far earlier.)