The Death of a Newspaper

And, arguably, a glimpse into the death of an industry. A very important and necessary industry.

My editor at Healthwise, Roya Camp, used to be an editor at this paper. We wonder how the wholesale slaughter of newspapers in this country will be resolved. Our democracy cannot function without the fourth estate. News is essential, and it doesn't write itself--local news especially. And, lovely though they are, an informed citizenry cannot survive on blogs alone.

So what's gonna happen? How can every small town rag become an aggregator of all the world's news? Especially if people are no longer willing to pay subscription fees? I don't know the answer, but I'd like to be the one who figures it out.