If any public-spirited billionaire out there is wondering how they can leave a legacy in America, consider buying newspaper chains and empowering non-profit trusts of journalists to run them
I'm open to other alternatives, but I don't see or hear of any. And if somebody doesn't rescue Gannett, McClatchy, Newhouse etc soon, it's going to be gut punch to journalism and democracy.
You know who feels nearly as strongly about this as reporters? Political operatives in both parties. They know democracy and campaigns don't work without local papers.
If the urgency of this matter isn't illustrated by the widespread furloughs of reporters at a time of national crisis I don't what it will take.
This is the Dick Clarke OBL "determined to strike..." memo moment. Act now before it's too late.
This is the Dick Clarke OBL "determined to strike..." memo moment. Act now before it's too late.
