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I eagerly await the announcement of Newmark funding an ambitious local news initiative. That would be a way to put critical information in front of millions of
by subpixel 8y ago
I eagerly await the announcement of Newmark funding an ambitious local news initiative. That would be a way to put critical information in front of millions of people.
This initiative may also be important, but it doesn't do anything to fill the void of local investigative reporting and press accountability created when Craigslist denuded local newsrooms.
- ghaff 8y agoOne problem is that local news doesn't scale. Nothing really replaces local reporters developing sources and attending a lot of boring selectman, zoning, etc. meetings. I live in a small town that had a "labor of love" local paper for a while but it went out of business and now there's effectively no local coverage.
- subpixel 8y agoThe proximate reason it went out of business is b/c Craigslist took all it's classified income. That's why (in addition to Craig Newmark's professed interest in journalism) I think Craigslist is the perfect organization to be funding reportage. It's not my money, so clearly knowing how best to use it comes easily to me.