This prog blog note is actually pretty useful but not because it leads to a donate button . . .
Smarter media watcher will notice dead-tree publications shutting down across Missouri and it's HIGHLY DOUBTFUL POLITICALLY FUNDED HACKS will fill the void from either side of the spectrum.
The reality is that tech has allowed local a more fun alternative to news and the fight for info now focuses on social media platforms higher up the food chain . . . So these loses likely won't be replaced and represent a shift away from traditional news as we once understood it . . . Check-it:
"In the past few years, Missouri has quietly lost newspapers that once served as connective tissue in their communities. The Nodaway News Leader and Oregon Times Observer closed last year. The Bland Courier is gone. The North Missourian — more than 150 years old — shut down. The Monett Times ceased publication and merged with a neighboring paper. The Riverfront Times, once a loud, scrappy alternative voice in St. Louis, was effectively erased.
"Many of the newsrooms that remain have been hollowed out. The Springfield News-Leader has two reporters. The Columbia Daily Tribune has one."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Missouri's local news is under pressure - and still essential * Missouri Independent
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