| Philosophy of Mississippi River Journal |
By: Ivan Potter
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Philosophy of Mississippi River Journal
Born of myth and nature, man’s relationship with the mighty Mississippi River has been around for over a 1,000 years. The Hopewell Mound builders of 900 A.D. built massive trading communities in our part of the world. Their civilization centered along the Mississippi River from St. Louis down to Memphis.
100 years ago in 1908, America was experiencing massive economic crisis with its banking system. Thousands of jobs were being lost on farms as workers move to the urban factory centers like Chicago and New York. Modern America was awakening as an industrial world giant. Robber Barons ruled the day of commerce. Massive social, cultural, and economic change was in the air.
Flash forward to 2008. We have another banking crisis. Many of the same forces are driving our economy. As a nation, once again we face future shock.
During the future shock of the early 20th Century, Kentucky’s Mississippi river Counties were immune to rapid impact from change. The news was slow to arrive and the force of economic impact took longer to be felt.
Not in 2008. Information travels at the speed of light and sound. Economic impact is daily, sometimes hourly. We are no longer invisible to the dynamics of future shock.
The Mississippi River Journal was designed with the idea of providing a new media platform in the river counties for people to have access to breaking news and events that will shape their lives. It is intended that the Journal will allow for a new sense of community to be built where citizens of the river counties can engaged in social, cultural, and political discussions on how to proceed into the future. We, at the Mississippi River Journal want to be a “light” to help people find their way into this new century.
At the dawn of the 21st Century, we believe that news is the first draft of history and can be rewritten with the will of the people who stay informed as to the issues of the day and their opportunities as well as their challenges.
The Mississippi River Journal intends to be a slate for this draft of history in our small but strategically pivotal part of this new world.
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