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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTHE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN NEW ORLEANS JUST FIRED ENTIRE STAFF
Link to tweet
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9mv4/were-drinking-now-the-oldest-newspaper-in-new-orleans-just-fired-its-entire-staff
Sad... I knew a LOT of good people working there in the old days...
malaise
(269,356 posts)Lots of warnings re the levees were in that paper long before Katrina.
panader0
(25,816 posts)lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)Hate to see it happen.
UpInArms
(51,296 posts)The put that paper when New Orleans was under water during Katrina
irisblue
(33,067 posts)misanthrope
(7,436 posts)Fire the staff 13 years later.
UpInArms
(51,296 posts)In so many ways
😢😢😢
LAS14
(13,792 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)My guess, read the news feeds which are all nationalized and syndicated. The local news of national interest gets reported within seconds.
My belief is that national news syndicators will hire "local" staff to run down stories, but their "Beat" will likely be up to 100 miles in any direction.
I recently saw a news article about a national level news happening in Los Angeles, the person editing the reporting was in Alaska and one reporter was based in San Diego.
LibFarmer
(772 posts)people don't have the attention span to read in-depth articles anymore
It is all soundbites on TV or twitter . we are dumbing down the population