Why Local News: A Memoir and Plea for an Endangered Form of Journalism

A school board vote quietly reshapes your child's education. A mayoral candidate's record goes unexamined. A planning board approves industrial development beside a residential neighborhood. Although it is the responsibility of local news journalists to inform their communities of such developments, their numbers have declined in recent years, contributing to the ebbing of civic engagement.

In this book, a veteran journalist shares firsthand experiences in which ethical local journalism pos...