The state of local journalism is widely, and correctly, understood to be grim. About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005. washingtonpost.com/magazine/inter…
In this special issue of @wpmagazine, we asked local journalists to tell some of the stories that have gone untold or underreported. washingtonpost.com/magazine/inter…
Every piece in our Lost Local News issue originates in a news desert. In practice, this means counties with few — sometimes zero — print newspapers of any kind.
In many cases, there’s no alternative to replace the important community reporting that print papers once did.
In many cases, there’s no alternative to replace the important community reporting that print papers once did.
It’s not just watchdog journalism that suffers when news organizations shrink or die, writes @sulliview in a column for the issue. The decline affects civic engagement and political polarization, too. wapo.st/3olO3Hj
From Greg Kim, @katiebasile and @HiestandSalgado: An Alaskan village’s sole school is 64 feet away from a river’s edge. Inside the community’s struggle to avoid disaster. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
From @NatalieSchachar and @nbehring: Grizzly bears are protected under federal law. When three were killed in an Idaho community, it didn’t seem like a coincidence. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
From @TedAlcorn and Adria Malcolm: A northern New Mexico judge’s radical approach to addressing addiction: No jail time. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
From @mideastmargaret and Malcolm Jackson, in partnership with @thecurrentga: In Ahmaud Arbery’s Georgia community, this group’s demands for justice have had a real impact. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
From @austincancope, this Colorado school board member’s “I’m Antifa” post on Facebook sparked a political saga washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
From @sarahespicer and @fsalazar58: How to Save the Prairie, Acre by Acre washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
Plenty of local and national outlets are working mightily to fill in the gaps.
In the years to come, many more efforts along these lines will be needed — at the national level, the grass-roots level and everywhere in between. washingtonpost.com/magazine/inter…
In the years to come, many more efforts along these lines will be needed — at the national level, the grass-roots level and everywhere in between. washingtonpost.com/magazine/inter…
When we lose local journalism, we lose a fabric that holds together communities; we lose information that allows democracy to function; and we lose stories that need to be told. washingtonpost.com/magazine/inter…
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