Local journalists are uniquely positioned to influence change by bringing issues to the public's attention.
This article is a part of Trust Week, a Forum Communications series.
Every single week, you open your edition of the Herald, ready to catch up on everything you need to know in your community. Whether it’s some exciting new project taken on by your local lawmakers, to how our great schools are funded, even to some of the personal stories that touch your heart you can’t imagine a world without your local newspaper. And you don’t want to imagine a world without your local newspaper.
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.