Coverage of local governments has receded at such an alarming pace that it has left government with more power than ever to set the agenda, an F.C.C. report finds. Full Story »
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This article makes important information about state and local government. In my state no newspaper covers state government well.
I recommend this story more as awareness than deep reporting, as others mentioned, it appears that the report is either partially hidden by a paywall, or end abruptly. The real story is the report, that came out Thursday.
On Thursday, Mr. Waldman is to issue a number of recommendations, none binding. Those include making actual in-the-field reporting a part of the curriculum at journalism ... More »
Because those newspapers serve as tip sheets for local television reporters and for reporters on the national level, the cutbacks have had “ripple effects throughout the ... More »
This is a great start to a story that needs to explore the uprising of local sites like Patch and the downward slope of newsrooms because of budget cutbacks. But I think I'm only seeing part of a longer version, which I don't want to discount as not covering all its bases.
Is most of this story missing due to the new paywall system? Ironic: The place J-school students are trying to learn how to be better reporters isn't affordable to J-school students. Or most journalists for that matter. How can the industry change if it's not even helping itself?
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