I teach college and report on Colorado media — there should be more professors doing the same in other states

I teach college and report on Colorado media — there should be more professors doing the same in other states

Newsletters that cover a state's media landscape are few and far between, according to a new report. iStock / Getty Images PlusOver the years, the crisis facing local news has meant the disappearance of reporting on the arts, politics, sports and local government. Newspapers have disappeared from many local communities, and the ranks of individual local journalists have plummeted over the past two decades. The retrenchment has also led to a loss…

Newsletters and blogs that cover a state’s media landscape are few and far between

Alfred Hicks, a 10-year-old newsie, selling Boston papers. 1916 photo via the Library of Congress. By Corey Hutchins Over the years, the crisis facing local news has meant the disappearance of reporting on the arts, politics, sports and local government. Newspapers have disappeared from many local communities, and the ranks of individual local journalists have plummeted over the past two decades. The retrenchment has also led to a loss of someth…

I teach college and report on Colorado media — there should be more professors doing the same in other states

by Corey Hutchins, Colorado College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the years, the crisis facing local news has meant the disappearance of reporting on the arts, politics, sports and local government. Newspapers have disappeared from many local communities, and the ranks of individual local journalists have plummeted over the past two decades. The retrenchment has also led to a loss of somethi…