"This is an X-parrot."

Over 2,000 newspapers across by the country have closed, leaving many communities without a reliable source of local information. Researchers say this crisis in journalism, driven by changes in technology, is fueling the country's political divisions. to.pbs.org/3MzB3rB

An entire small-town police department in Kansas raided a newspaper's offices and its reporters' homes because the paper got a tip about a well-connected person's DUI kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/pol

If you haven't heard of this Kansas case and care about free speech and a free press, give it a minute.

This is what a crumbling democracy looks like. I hope this newspaper sues this police department and the judge who signed this warrant gets disbarred.

cc: Aaron Sanderford

A 98-year-old small-town Kansas newspaper owner died hours after local cops staged a retaliatory raid @ her home & office after the paper reported on corruption in the dept - a horrid assault on the 1stA marionrecord.com #SupporttheMarionRecord - Journos: get this trending

Democracy dies without newspapers.

#TheHandmaidsTale by Margaret E Atwood is one of 19 books banned in Iowa district by AI "Each of these texts was reviewed using AI software to determine if it contains a depiction of a sex act. Based on this review, there are 19 texts that will be removed" thegazette.com/k/19-books-pul…

Feeling like the police raiding a local town newspaper might have been a strategic mistake now that millions of people across the country know some restaurant owner named Kari Newell desperately didn’t want people to know about her DUI

We made it! I just talked to the distributor of the paper who tells me they’re bringing today’s paper out any moment. Here’s a preview! KSHB 41 News

When I worked at the student paper, I covered Coach Pettit’s Nebraska volleyball teams at the Coliseum. It was always packed with passionate fans, but I couldn’t have imagined them filling a football stadium like this. And yet, maybe…

Husker Nation, you’ve done it. The WORLD RECORD for a Women’s Sporting Event lives in Lincoln. Today’s attendance: 9️⃣2️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ There is NO PLACE like Nebraska.

POV: you just found out you broke a WORLD RECORD

When newspapers cover legislative politics closely, legislators miss fewer roll-call votes, sponsor more bills, & are more active on committees. They diverge less from their district’s median voter & their electoral returns to moderation are stronger andrewcwmyers.com/documents/Myer…

Sometimes heroes don't wear capes. Sometimes they buy their small-town Nebraska newspaper. Congratulations to Alana Kellen, the 25-year-old owner, editor, reporter, photographer, copy editor, sales staff and deliverer of the Madison Star Mail. Story: northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/49857943…

NEW: 1/3 of US newspapers will be gone by 2024, a year earlier than initially projected - The industry is falling so fast that even hedge funds are pulling back — there’s not much juice left to squeeze Story on Axios: axios.com/2023/11/16/new…

cc: Jan Carolus Gnida

Andre Braugher was the best. youtu.be/3DH4FdxKCNg?si…

If you have not seen it, this is the journalism rant of the year, and it's about false balance. x.com/i/status/18312…