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Newspapers and democracy

John Fea   |  December 28, 2022

Click the link to Nancy Gibbs’s piece at The Washington Post and spend some time with the interactive map on the declining state of the American newspaper. Here is a taste of the piece: If you’re a Democrat hoping to...

Fifty local newsrooms opened in the United States during the pandemic

John Fea   |  December 29, 2021

It appears that COVID-19 stimulated local news, especially in Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, and Florida. Here is a taste of Kristen Hare’s piece at Poynter.com: More than 50 local newsrooms launched in the United States in 2020 and 2021....

How is The Atlantic weathering the post-Trump/post-COVID-19 reality?

John Fea   |  July 14, 2021

During the Trump administration, The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog was getting about 10,000 readers a day. That number has declined since the 2020 presidential election. The blog lost some readers when it became part of Current, but the...

The Washington Post Magazine is looking for local stories

John Fea   |  April 28, 2021

Here: The Washington Post Magazine is looking for journalists to contribute to a special issue about the diminished state of local and community news in the United States. Our goal is not to report on the state of local journalism,...

When Facebook replaces the local newspaper

John Fea   |  April 6, 2021

The editor of Current, Eric Miller, is a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. I wonder if he knows about The News Alert of Beaver County public Facebook group? I’ll have to ask him. Brandy Zadrony’s piece at NBC News reveals...

Brooke Baldwin is leaving CNN

John Fea   |  February 18, 2021

Say it ain’t so, Brooke! Watch: I wonder if she is leaving because of this....

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Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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