The dirty secret is the internet amplifies the excellent & obviated the medeocre. Maybe society doesn’t need 10k perfectly fine reporters on X at 5k perfectly fine pubs if we can all access 500 A++ ones at a smaller number of exceptional pubs/indie.
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LOCAL JOURNALISM. NEWS DESERTS. HIGHER GOVT BORROWING COSTS BC NO ACCOUNTABILITY. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/05/study-when-local-newspaper-close-city-bond-finances-suffer/561422/ …
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there are now massive news deserts across the US. Local news is *so* important. Local govt is the most intimate form of governance; it’s the form of governance that citizens have the most power to shape — if only they understood the levers and where systems were falling short.
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It’s certainly educational! It’s hard being in the decision-making seat.
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