Local News's Decline

Midday on WNYC | Jan 5, 2018

Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and journalist and former Gothamist reporter Emma Whitford, discuss the state of local news, following the recent closure of Gothamist and DNAinfo, two of the city’s leading local news sources. They look at how news organizations are adapting to dwindling resources and how journalists are working to fill the gaps in coverage.  

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Goodbye, WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon

The Brian Lehrer Show |

Crown Heights residents fume over new barricades ahead of West Indian Day parade

Residents also say elderly and disabled neighbors can’t be dropped off near their front doors and they’re fearful emergency responders can’t easily access apartment buildings and fire hydrants.
Gothamist |

Gloria Steinem in Conversation with David Remnick, from 2015

The writer and activist, who died this week, discussed her memoir, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a question for activists: Which comes first, changing hearts or changing laws?
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

60 Words

It’s been 25 years since 9/11. Today we talk about the 60 words that ushered in everything that came after.
Radiolab |
YOU ARE ONLINE