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In a recent Axios story, Sara Fischer reported that the U.S. now has just 8.2 “local journalist equivalents” per 100,000 people — a staggering 75% drop from 2002. The result, as she puts it, is “the stunning collapse in local reporting” across everything from school board meetings to hospital oversight. In many places, the only reliable source of... See more
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The Times, Peretti allowed, has since refined a very good subscription business model, which has allowed it to make better journalism by hiring more and better talent. This is not a controversial opinion. But the next part may be: The New York Times, Peretti argued, can’t really be called “the paper of record” anymore — because of that same... See more
Vox • BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on why he bought HuffPost and why the New York Times can’t be "the paper of record"
Bloomberg is just quietly the best news source in the country, and people don't realize this because their marketing is total crap, because they don't have to make a profit, because the whole news operation is a loss-leader for the terminal business.
Noah Smith 🐇x.com
value. Every newspaper offers the perspective of a particular ethnic, religious, occupational, or political group.
Zachary Schrag • The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars)
Josh Baer. He is not actually a journalist, but for over ten years he’s been sending out an electronic newsletter called The Baer Faxt that reports on, among other things, who is buying
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
