“We used to think when a story was happening, ‘We’ll get the story out to- morrow morning,’” he said. “It’s evolving and we’ll continue to work on it.” He emphasized the skillset required of reporters presently and in the future, including more specialization, more ability to jump from platform to plat- form and an understanding of the habits of a digital audience. “Right now, we’re in the middle of making signiﬁcant changes in digital revenue while at the same time step- ping back and looking at what might be improved in content delivery for dig- ital channels,” he said. Woolsey pointed to growth in the pa- per’s digital footprint despite a decline in print circulation, and outreach through other print products like Coast Monthly and social media as indicators of change. In recent days, The Daily News has reported on the police investigation into Hughes’ death and probed safety issues for bicyclists in the city. Hughes, a beloved physician in Gal- veston, was killed last month in a hit- and-run collision with a car while rid- ing her bike on the far east end of the seawall. Hughes, The Daily News is going to thoughtfully and sensitively cover that story until people know everything they need to know about it,” Woolsey said. “The fact is that when we have an unfortunate event in our community, whether it’s a hurricane or the death of Dr. As long as the community knows we’re in it for the long term, they’ll continue to support us.” Woolsey spends a good deal of his time out in the community preaching the gospel of local news and the role of newspaper journalism in the life of Galveston County, its municipalities and its people. “Establishing relationships within the community is something that a ma- jor newspaper can’t do as well as we can. “Our model is to continue to con- nect with the community in a mean- ingful way, whether that’s through the news, advertising or through mag- azines like Coast Monthly,” he said. Speculating on the future of dailies in general and The Daily News in par- ticular, Woolsey believes maintaining close community ties is the key to lon- gevity, regardless of what changes in journalism, technology or the market may occur. At the helm since January 2014, Wool- sey also serves as president of Southern Newspapers Inc., the media organiza- tion that owns The Daily News along with 10 other news organizations. But the picture for regional and local dailies in smaller markets, like The Galveston County Daily News, isn’t quite as grim, say experts in the ﬁeld, a sentiment echoed by The Daily News publisher and resident optimist, Leon- ard Woolsey. 2022 BY KATHRYN EASTBURN FOR THE DAILY NEWS T he future of dai- ly newspapers has been a major concern over the past two decades as print adver- tising revenues plummeted, cir- culation of print products shrank, the market fragment- ed into a digital realm with thousands of unproven products and many legacy papers in larger markets were bought by investment groups and sold for scrap.Wallace Preservation Award for Green Revival (solar panels on my 1899 Victorian home) 409/763-2800 REAL ESTATE BROKERS 2 | THE DAILY NEWS | CELEBRATING 180 YEARS | 1842 2022Real Estate was BOOMING 180 Years Ago And is BOOMING TODAY! HAPPY 180th BIRTHDAY to THE DAILY NEWS I have depended on you to reach my customers for over 33 years… - David Bowers Sally B.

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