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A couple of impacts I've noticed due to the decline of local journalism: - I've found myself often becoming informed directly from my municipality (Facebook po
by organsnyder 7y ago
A couple of impacts I've noticed due to the decline of local journalism:
- I've found myself often becoming informed directly from my municipality (Facebook posts, press releases on their website...) rather than news reporting about the municipality. While I feel I'm engaged enough to notice when something seems off, the lack of critical reporting is undoubtedly detrimental.
- AstroTurf faux-local sites with political agendas are springing up to fill the void: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/10/21/lansing-sun-new-sites-michigan-local-news-outlets/3984689002/ https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/10...
- trentlott 7y agoSo who covers local intrigue, then? To whom does one blow the whistle about corruption at City Hall? To the local Sinclair afilliate? I suspect NPR covers that for a lot of people; it might be correlated with why some politicians are so eager to defund them completely.
- Mathnerd314 7y agoAt least in my town we have some tabloid newspapers, funded mostly by restaurant/concert reviews, but that also publish letters every issue. Most letters are minor but occasionally they do a full-page one about corruption or similar. They also have freelance writers who publish the results of their FOIA requests.
- DrScump 7y agoIn SV, Metro (free, weekly) prints some quality journalism from San Jose Inside. Jennifer Wadsworth writes some very thorough pieces.