Unfortunately ownership is largely illusionary these days. Another big one in my town is asset forfeiture. The county DA sings of how much local police will benefit from the proceeds of the policy but

Well how can they be aware of what’s going on if they can’t trust anything they read or hear? I totally empathize with your point but I’d love to explore ways to improve the general public’s ability to

This is a pet peeve of mine. I cover government for a small newspaper and I’ve seen eminent domain used (or people have attempted to use it) for the most ridiculous reasons. A water dept. superintendent

So do we give up on journalism as an institution because no one can be trusted or do we work on ways to enhance the individual’s ability to effectively scrutinize what they read/watch?

I promise there are some of us out there still trying to do good work. It becomes harder with newsrooms getting smaller and smaller. I find at the local level there’s less partisan bias as a whole, but

I’ve been working as a reporter covering local government in my hometown since 2012. Before the 2016 election, almost no one cared about local politics. Now council meetings are better attended, young