https://jaredeberle.org/categories/local/ Recent content in Local on Jared L. Eberle https://jaredeberle.org/images/card.webp https://jaredeberle.org/images/card.webp Hugo en Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:17:00 +0000 https://jaredeberle.org/articles/i-got-sick-of-watching-the-tulsa-world-die/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:17:00 +0000 https://jaredeberle.org/articles/i-got-sick-of-watching-the-tulsa-world-die/ <p>In the immediate aftermath of 2016 election there were calls for people to increase their civic understanding, and in particular funnel money into local news. In the years that have followed we&rsquo;ve seen stories highlighting the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/alden-global-capital-pottstown-mercury.html">decline of local news</a> that have left towns without anyone regularly covering the boring but important events of school boards, town councils, and zoning boards. Local events truly do need good journalists working to document them and those journalists need our support on a regular basis, whether we agree with the events going on or not.</p>