If you care about local news, then you must listen to a report on “This American Life,” broadcast last weekend, that exposes a scandal whose importance can’t be overstated. The story is about a company called Journatic, which produces local content for newspapers using grossly underpaid, out-of-town reporters including cheap Filipino workers who write…
If you felt some distant rumblings coming from the general direction of New Jersey a few days ago, I'm here to tell you why. A pioneering local blog in that state, Baristanet, will merge with a six-year-old community news organization, Montclair Local. Liz George, the editor and publisher of Baristanet, will served as publisher of…
Montclair Local’s board of trustees announced today that the independent non-profit news organization is merging with the pioneering digital outlet Baristanet.