by jpitney | Mar 31, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers, Social Media, Technology
Claremont McKenna College alum Helena Bottemiller Evich has an important article at her Food Fix newsletter: here are many factors at play here. One biggie is that the business model for a large-scale national digital publication has essentially crumbled. There was a...
by jpitney | Aug 19, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers
From the American Journalism Project: This summer, we announced the four teams participating in the American Journalism Project’s local news incubator, an 18-month program to support the buildout of new ideas to bring local news to communities. In July, we kicked off...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2023 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Michael Sainato at The Guardian: The longest-running newspaper in southern California has ceased publication after filing for bankruptcy. The Santa Barbara News-Press has posted its last online edition after ceasing print publication about a month ago. The paper had...
by jpitney | Jul 17, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
David Bauder at AP: Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch. The firings of the cartoonists employed by the McClatchy newspaper chain last...
by jpitney | Jul 16, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Milena Djourelova† Ruben Durante‡ Gregory J. Martin§ April 2023 The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist∗ Abstract How does competition from online platforms affect the organization, performance, and...
