Some people say the newspaper industry is dying. Being in my early 30s I find my first choice for getting the news will always be a newspaper.

How do you like to read your news? Online or the newspaper? I may be biased, but my first choice will always be the newspaper. Since I was a young girl the sight of someone reading a newspaper always caught my eye.The moment I would spot someone reading one, whether on a park bench, library or on a crowded bus, I would always assume they were an intelligent person.It's quite possible they were just reading the comics or skimming through the police log, but to me they looked very mature, confident and in some ways mysterious. I would wonder what they did for a living, what kind of a house or apartment they lived in or if the article they were reading had something to do with them.I would see pictures of presidents reading newspapers, famous athletes, movie stars, construction workers on their lunch breaks, Americans in general all reading the newspaper.Newspapers don't discriminate; they are readily available to anyone with a desire to know what's going on in their communities, their country or the world.Don't get me wrong, I love my laptop. I love social media, online shopping and the ability to book flights, hotel rooms and vacations all at the click of a finger. That being said, when it comes to getting my news, I find a newspaper to be the way to go. I think there is still something special about picking up your newspaper off your front step. There's a serendipity to reading the newspaper.But here are 10 reasons I still read newspapers offline:The entire family can share the same newspaper, trading sections with each other and passing the paper back and forth to share articles. Yes, you can email each other things and pass the laptop around, but it loses something in the translation.I can read my newspaper sitting outside on a nice day in the sun, riding in the car, during breakfast, lunch or after dinner, on a coffee break, and I never have to worry about the battery going dead or needing to plug it in.My newspaper is not made of unrecyclable toxic materials.My newspaper is cheap, disposable and easy to replace. It keeps me informed about community events, local sports, politics and so much more. If it's lost or stolen, it's no big deal; I just stop and buy another.If I read a story or recipe I like, I can tear it out and save it for later.I can read my newspaper while standing, while eating, while riding a bus, but not while driving my car, which is just as well, since I should be paying attention to the road.Anywhere I travel, my newspaper goes with me. I don't need a laptop or a wireless connection.My newspaper has never crashed, gone down, or flashed animated ads at me.Pictures look much better in newsprint. There's something about the size of a big picture in the newspaper that gives it importance.I often stumble upon articles I'd never have read based on the headline, a picture, a phrase or a byline that caught my eye and made me read it.