EXAMINER NEWS---THE LITTLE NEWSPAPERS THAT COULD AND THE BIG NEWSPAPERS THAT DON'T: A SPECIAL REPORT ON JOURNALISM IN THE REGION

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The Little Newspapers That Could and the Big Newspapers That Don’t: A Special Report on Journalism in the Region

November 7, 2023Examiner Media--We are part of The Trust Project

By Michael Gold 

New York State has been colonized, almost 250 years after the Revolutionary War. Out-of-state publishers have claimed ownership of many of the state’s newspapers, from Binghamton to Buffalo.

The only interest these publishers seem to have in the communities they claim to serve is how much profit they can milk from their properties, cutting staff to as few reporters as possible while keeping a straight face that they are putting out a newspaper with the purpose of letting readers know what’s going on with their schools, governments and businesses. MORE AT The Little Newspapers That Could and the Big Newspapers That Don’t: A Special Report on Journalism in the Region | The Examiner News