Writer asks why local newspapers abandoned neighborhood news and intensely local coverage. Says going back to that will save them, along with going deeper in their reporting, running fewer wire stories and being more consistent and aggressive online.
I think local newspapers get away from neighborhood coverage because it bores their editors and reporters to tears.
nope — it's all about cash and wringing cash out of the newsroom as well as the need to report ultra local in a more sophisticated way.
Writer asks why local newspapers abandoned neighborhood news and intensely local coverage. Says going back to that will save them, along with going deeper in their reporting, running fewer wire stories and being more consistent and aggressive online.
I think local newspapers get away from neighborhood coverage because it bores their editors and reporters to tears.