Today, the respected Rocky Mountain News publishes its last paper, making it the latest in a long line of newspapers to close its doors--and silencing yet another voice that gave local and regional perspective on national and world events. In the InfoView column of the upcoming (March) issue of Information Outlook, I write about a new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, which points out that many U.S. states have no news outlet with a single Washington-based reporter covering their Congressional delegation. What are the implications of these trends for information professionals?
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And on March 18 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will stop printing, although it may survive as an online site. The P-I is the oldest continuing business in Washington State. That makes Seattle a one-newspaper town, and there are rumors that the Seattle Times isn't very healthy and we may end up with as a no-daily paper town.
Posted by: Dan Trefethen | 02 March 2009 at 03:59 PM
When I first read about the Rocky Mountain News closing its doors, I started worrying about the smaller cities and towns losing their local perspective in reporting. Now, with the rumors surrounding the Seattle Times, worry about the larger cities as well. I wonder if there could be others out there that support this theory! Do tell!
Posted by: Stacey Bowers | 09 March 2009 at 11:42 AM