1. Provides Information: They give us lots of information about various matters at various levels that are not available anywhere. Though magazines and books also give lots of information, the scope of the news there is limited to a few selected topics only.
2. Information Related to Different Events: The newspaper is all important these days, newspaper keeps us informed of what is taking place around us. It tells us of political events, sensational events, etc. Even the advertisements have their value.
3. Deeper in Sight: Newspapers give us deeper in sight into the event than television does. Because news programme on television only gives us 30 minutes, they cannot go very deep into the news. But in newspapers you can choose to spend a few minutes or a few hours reading repeatedly a piece of news.
4. Newspapers as a Language Teacher: You have heard many times that if you want to improve your communication skills in English then read newspaper. Yes it is very true because in newspaper there are many terms which are used at social places. It improves vocabulary skills too because as many words you study your vocabulary will get better. So, newspaper is a good teacher, to improve Language skills.
5. Able to Converse with Others: Reading a newspaper makes a man fit to participate usefully in a cultivated society. So, much is happening every day that unless we keep ourselves abreast of these changes we cannot adjust ourselves to them or move with the time smoothly and easily.
6. Newspapers as a Job Portal: Newspapers do provide job related information. The unemployed can look up the vacancy columns. Jobs which are near to your city then newspapers are the best option because most of the firms announce their jobs opening in newspapers. So, read news papers to get in the touch of all the jobs.
7. Recent Trends: Advertisements in newspapers are also very informative and give lots of information about the world around us and the recent trends existing in the society apart from being very entertaining.
8. Ventilate Grievances: Newspaper is the best media to ventilate the grievances of the public and form the public opinion.
