Recently our local newspaper set a new criteria on publishing obituaries. They state that economical problems does not afford the added space. The public is not happy with the new agenda. Stating its cold and uninformative, citizens feel that only money is the issue and that the lives of deceased community members have been compromised. The following link will take you to the detailed page that was published.
http://gorgenews.com/news/?p=13421
The Northwestern University Readership Institute has published guidelines and examples from the top 100 newspapers on what the best practices are on publishing obituaries. Its a good read and the practices are outstanding!!!
http://www.readership.org/content/obit_gallery.asp
The society will be having a program July 14 on 'How do you want to be remembered? This program will be covering writing your own obituary, publishing a biography and family history self publishing among other topics.
Submitted by Georga Foster