![]() ![]() There are many pieces to this puzzle, so bear with me: “News desert” has entered the lexicon because of the increasing loss of daily and weekly publications in communities around America. It said that since 2005, about 2,200 local newspapers across America have closed. Her comments came the same day The Washington Post published a sobering, multipart account of what local stories could be lost in the current landscape. “The impact will be severe, and at a time when reliable, professional news reporting is needed more than ever.” “Our jobs are at stake, and further cuts to our already lean newsroom weaken our ability to cover our communities in deep, meaningful ways,” Holly Prestidge, president of the Richmond Newspapers Professional Association and an RTD reporter, told me by email Tuesday. National outlets simply don’t provide that sort of reporting. When no one watches the local folks who wield power, there’s no way to hold them accountable. ![]() Virginians of all stripes, though, should also be concerned: Alden would gut what little remains of local coverage in many communities – school board and city council meetings, actions by municipal officials, neighborhood disputes and the like. Think of them collectively as a dismissive, less-cuddly Scrooge McDuck for the modern times. Its execs crave profits above all else civic duty be damned. Writers, photographers, editors and others know they could lose their jobs or be saddled with more tasks – in ever-smaller newsrooms – under Alden’s leadership. It’s one of the most rapacious hedge funds targeting the media industry today, and its arrogant executives have proven they don’t care a whit about the carnage they unleash on communities. News Story Mobile home residents file federal lawsuit alleging Richmond is violating Latinos’ civil rights Katy Burnell Evansĭozens of mobile home park residents sued the city of Richmond on Tuesday over an “illegal and racially discriminatory” policy that they say targets Latinos.It’s no surprise journalists at the Richmond Times-Dispatch and other newspapers around the country are fighting a takeover bid by Alden Global Capital. News Story Federal housing agency investigating alleged civil rights violations in Hopewell Katy Burnwell Evansįederal housing officials are conducting a wide-ranging investigation of whether the civil rights of Hopewell public housing residents were violated in two redevelopment projects touted as a win-win for the city and its poor. The high volume of cases moves efficiently through courtrooms that often are largely empty - in large part because usually only the plaintiffs have a lawyer and often even the defendants do not appear and represent themselves. News Story Study finds ‘stunning’ justice gap in Virginia civil cases Frank Green News Story As Virginia policymakers begin studying high eviction rates, a sharp debate emerges over root causes Graham MoomawĪ state housing panel has started studying ways to bring down high eviction rates found in several Virginia cities in the hopes of finding legislative fixes that the General Assembly could take up next year. cities with the highest eviction rates are in Virginia. The effort, dubbed the Campaign to Reduce Evictions, begins a little over a month after Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, led by sociologist and author Matthew Desmond, found that half of the 10 large U.S. News Story Housing and advocacy groups launch campaign to lower Virginia’s high eviction rate Ned Oliver Op-Ed Martin Wegbreit column: COVID-19 and evictions Richmond Times-Dispatch She still isn’t sure how she’ll save her home. With roughly 100,000, it has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper.ĬONTENT FROM THIS SOURCE News Story Her case helped halt evictions in Richmond. It is also the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia. ![]()
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