prize in april for its reporting on the state s, poppy, crisis. other more well-known papers are not immune. the los angeles times has been in an upheaval of its own with its publisher suspended over sexual harassment allegations and a unionization campaign by staff and a chief hired to unify a tense newsroom. with all of that let s bring in new york magazine editor eric lev its. give our viewers a sense of what you have been focused on here. what do local newspapers mean to the country, to our democrat, and what are the trend lines taking us towards? sure. thanks for having me. so local journalism is kind of a precondition for a well-functioning democracy, particularly in a country like ours where so much power is concentrated at the state and local levels.