I don’t think there is a solution that will restore vibrant independent community newspapers in our lifetime. That is because the Gannett company has destroyed the value of the individual companies, sold off the properties that once housed the papers, sold off the individual printing press apparatus (because they consolidated regionally)…
I don’t think there is a solution that will restore vibrant independent community newspapers in our lifetime. That is because the Gannett company has destroyed the value of the individual companies, sold off the properties that once housed the papers, sold off the individual printing press apparatus (because they consolidated regionally) and even sold off the archived black and white photographs for the silver nitrate. They destroyed the history of every community paper they bought, and ypu would have to start from scratch. For better or worse, the glue that held communities together is dissolved. I think substack and other independent forums are the future, but it’s a very poor substitute for thousands of community newspapers reporting and publishing locally.
It’s a crime. My local paper was the Herald Statesman. It’s steeped in local history. It was filled with local stories and information. For a time it published the coming weeks school lunch menu. My brother subscribes to the paper version of The New York Times. Nothing compares to feel of paper.
I don’t think there is a solution that will restore vibrant independent community newspapers in our lifetime. That is because the Gannett company has destroyed the value of the individual companies, sold off the properties that once housed the papers, sold off the individual printing press apparatus (because they consolidated regionally) and even sold off the archived black and white photographs for the silver nitrate. They destroyed the history of every community paper they bought, and ypu would have to start from scratch. For better or worse, the glue that held communities together is dissolved. I think substack and other independent forums are the future, but it’s a very poor substitute for thousands of community newspapers reporting and publishing locally.
It’s a crime. My local paper was the Herald Statesman. It’s steeped in local history. It was filled with local stories and information. For a time it published the coming weeks school lunch menu. My brother subscribes to the paper version of The New York Times. Nothing compares to feel of paper.