Lucy Schiller is an assistant professor of nonfiction writing at Texas Tech. Her first book, on older age in the United States, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books.
The Anderson Valley Advertiser has attracted a cult following by collapsing the walls between neighborhood news and outsider fascination, writer and commenter, fact and fiction.
“At least some of these big companies look for communities that are news deserts to build projects,” a local journalist said, “because it’s easier for them when there’s less public scrutiny.”
Three Colorado stations signed on to a lawsuit that challenged the Trump administration’s defunding of NPR and PBS. It’s too late to recover lost funds, but their court victory sets an important precedent.
