The press connects us to a community we don’t often acknowledge. It enables us to look beyond our own individual lives to notice the lives and actions of those around us.
O’ Henry’s short story, “A Newspaper Story,” shows how a newspaper on a certain day has a power beyond its printed pages to do good.
The newspaper in O’ Henry’s story begins its journey at 8 o’clock in the morning, when a disheveled young man, Jack, shoves the newspaper into his back pocket with his gloves. As he hurries along, he doesn’t notice that the paper and gloves fall from his pocket. When he finally realizes his gloves are gone, he irritably turns back to look for them….