As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.

As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.

  • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
    5·
    1 year ago

    Local news is pretty important, especially when you think about local politicians and the shit some of them get away with. Journalism holds them to account

    • Bizarroland@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      The problem is is that going fully digital saves so much money that the decrease in revenue still makes it more profitable.

      I’m pretty sure your local news station has a website that you could go to to get your daily dose of local news and quite possibly not have to pay for it.