Civic Responsibility
“Concerns
about the role and ownership of newspapers have been voiced and debated since
the founding of the country. However, the dramatic shift in ownership of
newspapers over the past decade – coupled with the rapidly deteriorating
finances of community papers – brings added urgency to a new version of an
age-old question: In the digital age, what is the civic responsibility of
newspaper owners to their communities?”
—Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight chair
in Journalism and Digital Media Economics, University of North Carolina, “The Rise of a New Media Baron and the Emerging Threat of News Deserts,” 2017
• Editorial Comment: In too many U.S. towns — “news deserts” — what passes for local news is Twitter and the Fox feed.
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“I
don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If
you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a
little.” —Tom Stoppard
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