Sam, thank you for linking to my newsletter. I can't wait to read all the other stories linked above. Which gets me to your point about feeling some optimism—I share some of that. When I read about the decline of journalism, especially local news coverage, I try to square that with the fact I'm reading more quality long-form articles, newsletters, and books than ever before. I also get a great deal of news from the radio (NPR and our local community station). Traditional newspapers need to realize that their online format is incredibly reader un-friendly due to pop-out ads and clickbait. I recently ended my subscription to the Denver Post, for example, because it's so annoying to read, and I get high-quality state news from Colorado Public Radio plus the Colorado Sun, which is an award-winning online paper fully based on a subscriber and foundation revenue model, not ads. I think it's the wave of the future.
Sam, thank you for linking to my newsletter. I can't wait to read all the other stories linked above. Which gets me to your point about feeling some optimism—I share some of that. When I read about the decline of journalism, especially local news coverage, I try to square that with the fact I'm reading more quality long-form articles, newsletters, and books than ever before. I also get a great deal of news from the radio (NPR and our local community station). Traditional newspapers need to realize that their online format is incredibly reader un-friendly due to pop-out ads and clickbait. I recently ended my subscription to the Denver Post, for example, because it's so annoying to read, and I get high-quality state news from Colorado Public Radio plus the Colorado Sun, which is an award-winning online paper fully based on a subscriber and foundation revenue model, not ads. I think it's the wave of the future.