‘It felt like an old friend died.’ Waynesville, Missouri, is one of more than 1,400 U.S. cities and towns to have lost a newspaper in the past 15 years. SunshineWeek
In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, the old Daily Guide office stands for sale in St. Robert, Mo. With the shutdown of the newspaper in September 2018, this area in central Missouri's Ozark hills joined more than 1,400 other cities across the United States to lose a newspaper over the past 15 years, according to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by the University North Carolina.
Five of Waynesville’s eight city council members are former military, and Mayor Luge Hardman says the meetings run efficiently as a result. Newspaper circulation in the U.S. has declined every year for three decades, while advertising revenue has nosedived since 2006, according to the Pew Research Center. Staffing at newspapers large and small has followed that grim trendline: Pew says the number of reporters, editors, photographers and other newsroom employees in the industry fell by 45 percent nationwide between 2004 and 2017.
The death of the Daily Guide raises questions not easily answered, the same ones asked at newspapers big and small across the country. “When I first got into the newspaper business, it was intriguing, rewarding and I felt like I was doing something more than generating profits,” Goodridge said. “I felt like I was doing something for the community. As the years went by, it changed.”
Pritchard has scrapbooks of news clippings about his three daughters; Katie was a basketball player of some renown at Drury University. He wonders: How will young families collect such memories? “I miss the newspaper, the chance to sit down over a cup of coffee and a bagel or a doughnut ... and find out what’s going on in the community,” said Bill Slabaugh, a retiree. Now he talks to friends and “candidly, for the most part, I’m ignorant.”
Like many communities, Waynesville is struggling with a drug problem. The nearby interstate is an easy supply line for opioids and meth, police say. The four murders in Waynesville last year were the most in memory, and all were drug-related. Posting press releases to official Facebook pages isn’t quite the same. County coroner Nick Pappas said readers are more suspicious of news releases than they would be of a fully reported news story.
A former Army civilian public affairs officer who worked at the Daily Guide in the 2000s, Maurina posts live from community meetings, reports on accidents on the nearby interstate and publishes obituaries. It’s meat-and-potatoes local news.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
'Never a threat to humans': Australian town mourns beloved crocodile shot in the headA town in northern Australia is in mourning this week after a beloved crocodile was found dead. It is believed the 4.5 meter (15 foot) creature was shot in the head.
Weiterlesen »
Whites-only town founder offers free land for “uprooted white race” in South AfricaAdriaan Alettus Nieuwoudt said, “Eureka is a serious attempt to re-establish our white people in safety.”
Weiterlesen »
Mystery grips South Carolina town over anonymous $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot winnerThe sole winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot from October 2018 has come forward and submitted a claim for the prize, officials announced. The winner, from South Carolina, has elected to remain anonymous and chose the cash option of a one-time payment of $877,784,124. 'We are delighted
Weiterlesen »
The world’s biggest ship-breaking town is under pressure to clean upIn scrapping a 10,000-tonne ship, at least 120 tonnes of steel becomes molten and is lost in the sea, a 2015 review found
Weiterlesen »
The Latest: Storm winds damage buildings in Mississippi townThe Latest on severe weather in the Southern United States (all times local): 4:50 p.m. Strong storm winds tore away roofs and pulled down bricks from some buildings in a northeast...
Weiterlesen »
Viva Las Vegas: Melania Trump talks opioids in Barry Manilow's and Wayne Newton's theaterMelania Trump went where Manilow and Newton have trod, to talk opioids at a Las Vegas town hall. An Elvis impersonator was in the building.
Weiterlesen »