I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up. Champion, after all, had been with the digital media company since the very beginning… since the moment when she, as the Publisher of the […]
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A “terrible blow to journalism, ” MLive cuts 29 jobs at a time when Michigan desperately needs quality reporting
Posted in Michigan, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, Cindy Heflin, click bait, EAA, Flint, Flint Journal, Flint water crisis, future of journalism, gag orders, Jen Eyer, Jenn McKee, Jessica Webster, John Counts, journalism, Julie Taylor, Koch brothers, Laurel Champion, libraries, media consolidation, MLive, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Paula Gardner, Rick Snyder, SB 571, the sad state of journalism, transparency 49 Comments
Bonnie Bucqueroux on the Lansing Online News
As I think I’ve demonstrated here in the past, I’m intrigued by what’s going on around the United States in the emerging field of citizen journalism. I like the idea of regular people rising up, motivated by the ever-decreasing quality of local reportage, and launching their own online news communities. As some of you may […]
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