Editorials
An Age-Old Question
It can be viewed as a miracle that Armenians continue to exist as a people today. No doubt many-an-editorial for the Armenian Weekly has begun on such a note, but it still rings true. Readers […]
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Invisible Changes
There are a number of reasons why our editorial board decided it was time to place a new emphasis on print in the last few weeks. Given that at the moment, we are rather short […]
Editorials
On ‘Good’ News and the State of Diasporan Journalism
Nearly every article in this week’s issue either directly engages with or subtly references certain changes taking place in Armenia today. It’s safe to say at this point, that these changes are good ones; positive […]
Editorials
The Organizational Drone vs. the Intelligent Outsider
It has now been more than 30 years since Antranig Kasbarian penned a thoughtful op-ed for the Weekly entitled, “Where Do We Go From Here?” The article engages with an issue that remains a thorn in […]
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The Power of Print
It should come as a no surprise to most (particularly to those reading this editorial on a screen) that the newspaper business has seen better days. It’s a model of distribution historically defined by location […]
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Reconsidering Proximity
Tom Vartabedian was a longtime columnist of the Armenian Weekly, who, in many ways, embodied the spirit of this almost century-old newspaper. For 46 years, from 1970 up until the day he died in 2016, […]
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Editorial: What Is News, and Who Is Reading It?
What, exactly, is news to a community in exile, such as ours? Though the question remains historically constant, its answers change with each generation. In the last decade and a half, the reach of the […]