The Town Without A Newspaper
Waynesville, Missouri, became a statistic when its newspaper shut down. Now, Darrell Todd Maurina’s posts to Facebook are the main source of news in the town. #SunshineWeek Read the story: https://apnews.com/0c59cf4a09114238af55fe18e32bc454 …pic.twitter.com/vXgw55Gi66
With no local newspaper, the extent of the opioid crisis goes unreported in Waynesville, Missouri, where it claimed the life of Sheriff Jimmy Bench’s son. #SunshineWeek Story: https://apnews.com/0c59cf4a09114238af55fe18e32bc454 …pic.twitter.com/UbM4ACfgqn
"It was a terrible loss for us." A Missouri mayor recounts losing a town's only newspaper in an era when local journalism is dying in plain sight. #SunshineWeek Story: https://apnews.com/0c59cf4a09114238af55fe18e32bc454 …pic.twitter.com/4u9FGzssgQ
For one small-town banker in Missouri, losing the local newspaper was like losing "the heartbeat of a town." Waynesville’s loss represents the larger issue of fading local journalism. #SunshineWeek Story: https://apnews.com/0c59cf4a09114238af55fe18e32bc454 …pic.twitter.com/PghTcAOEuh