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Let's Give Local Journalism a Chance
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Let's Give Local Journalism a Chance

This kind of journalism—local papers that are rooted in communities—is disappearing, and the places most at risk of losing their local news are places where a lot of conservatives happen to live. COVID-19 has wrought havoc on newsrooms, and massive layoffs continue to occur at newspapers across the country. But even before the pandemic, the crisis in local journalism was well established.

Let's Give Local Journalism a Chance

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Local journalism has collapsed. Can anything save it?
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Local journalism has collapsed. Can anything save it?

Not so long ago, the Youngstown Vindicator sent someone to cover every municipal or school board meeting in the surrounding three-county area. “People knew that,” said Mark Brown, former general manager of the northeastern Ohio newspaper, “and they behaved.”

Local journalism has collapsed. Can anything save it?

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Goodbye to the Hometown Paper
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Goodbye to the Hometown Paper

“As local journalism declines, government officials conduct themselves with less integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness, and corporate malfeasance goes unchecked. With the loss of local news, citizens are: less likely to vote, less politically informed, and less likely to run for office.” Democracy weakens, in other words, and loses its foundations.

Goodbye to the Hometown Paper

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Why Changes To The Plain Dealer Matter For Local Journalism
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Why Changes To The Plain Dealer Matter For Local Journalism

Stuck between a constricting print business model and a shaky digital future, a time made even more unstable by the coronavirus, editors and reporters have been forced to scale back their ambitions. A careful reader can detect the gaps, the stories not told, the voices not heard.

Why Changes To The Plain Dealer Matter For Local Journalism