Thanks for giving our digital edition a try
It’s not an exact replacement for print, but it has its perks
If you’re reading this, you’ve at least made an attempt to embrace the concept of a digital-only Sunday edition.
For that, we thank you.
We realize it’s not a perfect substitute for the inky, crinkly, scrapbookable print edition your used to holding in your hands, but if you take the time to explore the possibilities that a digital format has to offer, it’s kind of cool in its own right.
We’ve developed and launched some tools on Facebook to help with that exploration.
The first is a new Facebook group called “Bridging the Digital Divide,” which we hope will be a space where our digital savvy users with computer access can offer advice and assistance to those of you who struggle in that area.
We’ve observed an amazing amount of creativity, ingenuity and compassion at work in solving or minimizing nearly every other pandemic inconvenience in our community over the last year.
Millennials call that “crowd-sourcing” a problem, which is just a different term for my mother’s favorite saying that “many hands make light work.”
Our contributions to the “Bridging the Digital Divide” Group so far include reposting our visual directions for how to sign up for digital access, which you can go to right now by clicking this link: http://bit.ly/KTFPDigitalAccess
That’s just one of the cool interactive features of our digital edition that is not possible in the print version.
We’ve created a brief video that outlines some of the other features you may not be aware of, which can be accessed by clicking this link: http://bit.ly/KTFPDigitalHighlights
And, if you want to navigate directly to the “Bridging the Digital Divide “Facebook Group, click on this link: hftp://bit.ly/KTFPDigitaiuividc
After this issue is posted online, we’ll be creating a second Facebook Group called “In Case You Missed It,” where we and any group member can share popular articles from the Sunday paper with the general public, including nonsubscrilers.
We’re sorry to say that it’s not going to be possible to honor requests we’ve received to print all the wonderful, scrapbookable accomplishments of our young people in Wednesday’s print edition.
This week especially, we are catching up on sports and other school activities that got pushed by the wayside by our COVID quarantine.
But we have reached out to the City of Kingfisher which has agreed to make available its socially distanced computers and printers at Kingfisher Memorial Library for any subscriber to access our digital editions and print out copies of articles to scrapbook and keep.
And, we’re sure you also have friends and neighbors who would do the same. Just reach out to them on our “Bridging the Digital Divide” Group and we think you’ll be amazed at the response.
We’ve been overwhelmed by the support and understanding we’ve received from our subscribers in response to our announcement.
Many of you have even offered donations on our behalf to help us weather this storm.
(We can’t in good conscience accept those and any submitted will be applied to extend your subscription on a pro rata basis.)
But we you to turn your creativity, ingenuity and incredible generosity toward your computer-challenged neighbors, especially our older readers, and help us think of ways to help them get as much out of this temporary change as possible.
If you’re able, think about printing out stories and photos from our digital-only edition and snail-mailing them to older friends, neighbors and family members who could use some extra cheer in the midst of their social isolation.
Or, sports team parents with access to computers and printers might share hard copies of articles and photos with other parents who don’t have the same capability.
The possibilities are endless.
Meanwhile, we will work on making your digital experience as rich and user friendly as possible.
We’re open to all ideas as to how we can do thatbetter.
This is just one more way we’re all in this together.