Tuesday, January 06, 2015 | 3:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Students from schools across the Corporate Area flocked the Half Way Tree Transport Centre for the Jamaica Observer’s grand launch of its teenAGE website.
Observer teenAGE, which is in its 13th year as a weekly publication, will see the majority of its content going digital as the newspaper seeks to better cater to the desires of students.
The publication, which is published every Tuesday, will now be updated daily and will create more accessibility for young users.
In an upbeat atmosphere at the bus centre, students shared their views of the publication going digital.
Adrian McCarthy of the Old Hope Road-based Jamaica College said he thinks “it’s a sensible move to put the publication online, because majority of the time teenagers are online”.
He told OBSERVER ONLINE that having the content online means they will not have limited access to it, citing that they may lose the paper.
Shane Anglin from Linton’s Academic Services says, “It is a good move as the world is becoming more computerised so less teens will be paying attention to the actual paper.”
Norman Manley High’s Deshawn Beckford says he has mixed feelings about the publication going completely digital.
“It is better for it to be both in print and digital so those who still want to buy it can do so and who wants to view it online can do so,” he said.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Julian Robinson, told OBSERVER ONLINE that the Government is in full support of the move as it encourages more knowledge and innovation.
“I am very happy to endorse and encourage this move by the Jamaica Observer. We believe that if more Jamaicans engage themselves online it will eventually help our economy.”
He urged students to be mindful of cybercrime as they browse online. Robinson said a move such as this encourages youth to become more technologically inclined.
The contents of teenAGE can be viewed at: jamaicaobserver.com/teenage, while selected portions will still be published in the Tuesday Observer.
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Observer’s teenAGE goes digital
