THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN NEW ORLEANS JUST FIRED ENTIRE STAFF

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9mv4/were-drinking-now-the-oldest-newspaper-in-new-orleans-just-fired-its-entire-staff

Sad... I knew a LOT of good people working there in the old days...

[malaise]

1. Too sad

Lots of warnings re the levees were in that paper long before Katrina.

[panader0]

2. That sucks--I liked the paper for it's name, if nothing else.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picayune

[lpbk2713]

3. The TP is/was a historic piece of America.

Hate to see it happen.

[UpInArms]

4. That makes me weep

The put that paper when New Orleans was under water during Katrina

[irisblue]

5. Yeah. They were exemplary.

[misanthrope]

7. Pick up a Pulitzer in 2006

Fire the staff 13 years later.

[UpInArms]

8. Heartbreaking...

In so many ways

😢😢😢

[LAS14]

6. Imagine a world with no local news coverage.... nt

[Blue_true]

9. When you go on your computer or mobile device, what do you do?

My guess, read the news feeds which are all nationalized and syndicated. The local news of national interest gets reported within seconds.

My belief is that national news syndicators will hire "local" staff to run down stories, but their "Beat" will likely be up to 100 miles in any direction.

I recently saw a news article about a national level news happening in Los Angeles, the person editing the reporting was in Alaska and one reporter was based in San Diego.

[LibFarmer]

10. It is sad to watch the demise of newspapers

people don't have the attention span to read in-depth articles anymore

It is all soundbites on TV or twitter . we are dumbing down the population

[moonscape]

11. And are living with the results of that dumbing down n/t