Praise local, mourn global (and celebrate your neighborhood journos)

As a non-coastal-dwelling American, the need to know what’s going on in my own backyard has led me to a renewed appreciation for the importance of local journalism in all its forms – and to even wonder whether the current pandemic might end up putting a positive dent in the scourge of parachute reporting and extractive filmmaking we’ve seen in recent years.

To read my ode to local media visit Global Comment.