Richard Fausset

1/ A kitchen-sink thread on local journalism:

2/ Here’s what it’s like when yr hometown paper closes down: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/us/warroad-pioneer-news-desert.html?searchResultPosition=1 …

3/ Here’s a fact: Being a local journalist is much harder than being, say, a nat’l reporter for the NYT. You see the people you write about. Every day. At council meetings. At the grocery. Yr job is to tell the warts&all truth about them. Then you see them again. The job...

4/ ...is not for the meek. & it has never paid particularly well. But it is among the most essential of jobs. Meanwhile: The emerging business models….

5/ … that might one day employ reporters capable of holding local governments accountable have, in many places, not yet arrived to save the day. That’s a tremendous challenge for our democracy. But there are…

6/ …indeed exciting possibilities emerging. Check out @berkeleyside . Check out @vtdigger . Check @texastribune (Thanks & h/t @Frannydink ) . Fingers crossed that innovation will win the day, & soon. For now, to understand the workings of the legacy industry, check out….