LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (04/09/06)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Papers must change with the times

Dear Editor:

The appeal "Your voice counts!" by the UNA's new director of publications is timely and very important. Times are changing and the newspaper publications undergo changes as well.

On the Internet, for example, one can find Berliner, which is a new format of newspaper - a miniature version of a broad sheet that was recently adopted by the Guardian in London and Le Monde in Paris.

The Ukrainian Weekly has a double responsibility: the diaspora as well as Ukraine.

One, the new American-born generation of young people rarely master the Ukrainian language, so that they can read Ukrainian-language newspapers. Two, The Ukrainian Weekly is probably the only English-language newspaper in the U.S. that provides information, articles, commentaries, etc. about politics, economic situation, history and the progress towards democracy in Ukraine in an unbiased way for the Americans who are either involved in Ukrainian affairs, such as students and politicians or even people in the U.S. government circles.

The Ukrainian Weekly, in order to maintain its readership, has to become less parochial, and more like other American or European major newspapers. It should include and concentrate on a wide range of topics, such as politics, economics, science, environment, medicine (here in the U.S. and in Ukraine), history, art, etc. in a concise, readable and informative style. The above would probably require the addition of new young journalists knowledgeable in special fields, for example, science, who would help us to understand many scientific problems or challenges and lead to mental enrichment.

Also there should be less emphasis on printing long biographies, commemorations of birthday and eulogies of members of the diaspora, which are of interest only for the persons written about and their families.

G. Myroslav Burbelo, M.D.
Westerly, R.I.

Unidentified guest was Msgr. Gresko

Dear Editor:

For your information, the unidentified guest in the photo in the upper left side of page 12 in the March 12 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly is Msgr. Dmytro Gresko from the Cleveland area.

He was a priest at Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Church in Cleveland.

Luba Mudri
Parma, Ohio

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