local news

Why Are We Letting Financial Hucksters Dictate Our Local News?

Too many American newspapers have shut down or shriveled to irrelevance, but, luckily, we still have such bastions of local journalism as the Chicago…

Mar 21 •

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Where Did Our Local Newspapers Go?

I no longer receive my local newspaper, the Austin-American Statesman. Oh, the paper still comes, but it’s just paper, minus the news part – news that…

Feb 20 •

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Friday Signpost: Journalists For Real Journalism

Local newspapers – produced by reporters who live in and know about their communities – are vital to America’s democratic health. But local papers…

Jan 26 •

Breaking News: New Life for Local Newspapers

How about a little bit of good news for a change? Specifically, good news about news. The demise of local newspapers has been a very depressing story in…

Aug 10, 2023 •

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🥞 SHORT STACK: Who the Hell is Mike Reed?

Behind the curtain of the Gannett CEO

Jun 13, 2023 •

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The Unreported News About Your “Newspaper”

Gannett is squashing news on labor organizing

Jun 12, 2023 •

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Why Isn’t the Death of Local News National News?

My city’s daily newspaper has gotten so emaciated it should be in hospice care. Its front “section” is down to six pages, half of which are cheap ads…

Apr 13, 2023 •

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When local papers die, the ghouls rush in

Sure enough, opportunists have rushed into America's local news void, sowing thousands of poisonous "imposter" news sites that churn out lies and…

Oct 6, 2022 •

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